LOCAL
• Actively pursuing the ‘passive house’ in Vancouver [Globe and Mail]
• As Surrey became the Lower Mainland’s murder capital in 2013, Vancouver reached a record low [Georgia Straight]
• Cineplex Entertainment seeks city approval to expand Fifth Avenue Cinemas lobby [Georgia Straight]
• Grandview-Woodland citizens’ assembly process draws criticism [Georgia Straight]
• Orr Development approaches the urban design panel to develop 1819 West 5th Avenue [Van City Buzz]
• Surrey charity to build homes for teens leaving foster care [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Why does summer heat slow light-rail trains in Portland, but not in Seattle? [The Oregonian]
• 70-mile ‘Cascading Rivers’ route becomes Oregon’s 12th scenic bikeway [Portland Bike Blog]
• Did we learn anything from the Kevin Rose almost demolition of the Willamette Heights historic house? [Blooming Rock]
INTERNATIONAL
• The U.S. Is Heading Over the Transit Cliff [City Lab]
• America’s New Industrial Boomtowns [Forbes]
• Oakland’s promise as solution to Bay Area’s housing crunch [SF Gate]
• Suburban Housing Growth Outpaces 4/5 Boroughs [YIMBY]
• Floyd: Bring on ‘new urbanism,’ but don’t demonize suburbs [Dallas News]