Community Curb Appeal For Visitors And Locals

This video from Roger Brooks with Destination Development International has some interesting facts about tourism and communities and provides some insights into making shopping, dining and entertainment more inviting for visitors and locals.

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Dallas Air Conditioning Service, From A Cooler House

We are excited about our upcoming new website to better highlight A Cooler House Services in the Dallas area. Our goal is to enhance our current website to be more attractive, informative, useful and user friendly.

Our Home Services in Dallas include our Dallas Air Conditioning Service, Energy Audits, Insulation, Radiant Barrier, Solar Panels and Attic Ventilation.

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NASCAR & the Other Green Flag!

How many Budweiser's or Coca-Cola's do you think are consumed during one NASCAR race weekend?   Take Talledega Superspeedway as an example; sold out capacity at 175,000 seats, 3 races: Trucks, Nationwide, & Cup Series, & counting only 1 beverage per person -- thats already over a half million empty cans in the trash even before a typical fan gets his own engine fired up!   The Green issues are exponentially compounded beyond the fan base as one looks at the nature of the sport itself - the fuel, the tires, the carbons released during a race!  So how exactly can NASCAR say they are waving the Green Flag of Sustainability?        

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Sustainability Guide: 50 most-populous US cities

SustainLane's US City Rankings report and study on urban sustainability is an in-depth report with interesting indicators and provides insights into ongoing and upcoming city sustainability projects.

"These indicators gauge, for instance, which cities’ public transit, renewable energy, local food, and development approaches are most likely to either limit or intensify the negative economic and environmental impacts of fossil fuel dependence."

The report points out which cities are front-runners, hitting their stride, or trailing.

See The SustainLane 2008 US City Rankings of the 50 most-populous US cities.

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City Sustainability Goals

Almost certainly one of the goals of most sustainability efforts within a city is to create a process that residents, visitors, businesses and employers can be part of and use to help achieve a sustainable city at home, at work, and while doing things around town.

See things people are talking about regarding sustainability in these cities across the United States.

New York City Sustainability, N.Y.
Los Angeles Sustainability, Calif.
Chicago Sustainability, Ill.
Houston Sustainability, Tex.
Philadelphia Sustainability, Pa.
Phoenix Sustainability, Ariz.
San Antonio Sustainability, Tex.
San Diego Sustainability, Calif.
Dallas Sustainability, Tex.
San Jose Sustainability, Calif.
Jacksonville Sustainability, Fla.
Indianapolis Sustainability, Ind.
San Francisco Sustainability, Calif.
Austin Sustainability, Tex.
Columbus Sustainability, Ohio
Fort Worth Sustainability, Tex.
Charlotte Sustainability, N.C.

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Highlights from City Information Center
Dallas Sustainability

You can now quickly and easily connect your Dallas content and your part of the web on the Dallas Information Center and make it easier for people to discover you, your information, your business, your cause, your product and your service. Create an account, sign in and post your city highlights.

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Sustainability in Dallas - Highlights