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Will a New Safety Law Bankrupt Small Businesses?new

Many manufacturers and retailers of children's products, along with book publishers, artisans, concerned parents and consumers, even the American Library Association, have begun to panic about the monumental scope of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act's impact.
Wide Open Spacesnew
A New York State artist’s multimedia project links communities across the country that have sought creative ways to reuse abandoned big-box buildings.
Mission: Homeownershipnew

A new buyer-brokerage launched by nonprofits attempts to be the opposite of what people hate about real-estate brokers.
Design for Living: Affordable Housing Doesn't Have to Be Uglynew
Though the public image of affordable housing is still horrendous high-rises, a quiet revolution among architects is creating some affordable housing that those with money would want to live in.