Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JUNE 19, 2023
The Job Description Is Changing ," New York Times = Other relevant blog entries -- " Reprinting with a slight update, "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" from 2009 " (2019) Cultural quarters and innovation districts -- discussion on the Arabianranta district within " Helsinki as an example of creative industries driving urban revitalization (..)
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
But that message isn’t getting through to our local government. The data reflect what we already know: When people’s basic need for a safe, stable home is met, it decreases violence in our neighborhoods. As we talked to close to 200 Grays Ferry residents, the stories poured in.
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Center for Community Progress
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
These properties, as Community Progress Senior Fellow Alan Mallach recently discussed on NPR’s 1A , actively harm neighbors and neighborhoods by threatening public health and safety, keeping residents from building wealth, and destabilizing local government finances.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 19, 2022
From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.” But during his decade-plus as King County executive, lifelong West Seattleite Dow Constantine has been the local music and arts community’s biggest champion in local government.
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
AUGUST 2, 2023
. “Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote. For example, in the 2014 planning cycle, the statewide target for housing growth was one million units. The increased targets led to changes in behavior from local governments, too.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 11, 2024
According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. I note that GGW just wrote about this this week.
Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast
JUNE 5, 2016
The program provides grants to nonprofits and local governments to address community needs in education, public safety, health and the environment. In 2014, AmeriCorps began prioritizing evidence in the scoring criteria by which it awards those competitive grants.
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