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Small college economic issues threaten their ability to function as a community asset

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. During his years as governor, Steve successfully grew Montana’s economy, made record investments in public education, expanded access to health care, protected public lands, and prioritized fiscal responsibility and transparency in government. public sector customers.

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Lessons from 2023 VAD Academy: Systemic Racism is a Root Cause of Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

From 2010-2019, Franklin County, Ohio overvalued homes in predominantly Black, low-income neighborhoods by as much as 50 percent. Subscribe to our mailing list so you don’t miss out on other free educational webinars and check out our YouTube channel to see recordings of past webinars on a variety of topics.

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DC Public Safety Summit, Wednesday May 10th, 9am

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I would have an agenda, provide "education time" so people can be exposed to best practice insights, featuring well known academics and other professionals, and go from there. Academic insight.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This Seattle Times article, " Is West Seattle the rock ’n’ roll capital of Seattle? ," illustrates those ideas--record stores, clubs, artists living there, record labels, the KEXP-FM rock radio station, practice spaces, recording studios, music education programs in Seattle Public Schools, etc.,

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The Genesis Project: How a Mother Is Keeping Her Son’s Spirit Alive — Episode 095

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

In 2014, Jennifer’s 13-year-old son, Genesis, tragically drowned in a local pond because he didn’t know how to swim. What’s more, when CCPRC opened the West County Aquatic Center in June 2019 in the same small town in which Genesis drowned, Jennifer was one of the lifeguards on duty.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element could be treating schools as "neighborhood cultural centers" too, the way I describe how neighborhood libraries should be positioned (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019). One way to think of this is as mitigation.

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