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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As of 2024, it’s never been harder for artists to find a place to work. Artists can and will work anywhere and, like their work itself, they’re limited only by the extent of their imaginations — and their finances.

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

When I first saw coverage I thought, "what about the 2017" initiative, although granted it was before covid. is discussed by WTOP, " Metro’s future of bus service could bring new routes and end some familiar stops." And when thinking about writing about it, I remembered a bus initiative back in 2006 too.

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Interactive digital media platforms impact on Canadians lives

Open Access Government - Technology News

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2018. Increases in serious psychological distress among Ontario students between 2013 and 2017: assessing the impact of time spent on social media. Psychological effects Social media and smartphones have impacted the mental health of many Canadians, especially teenagers. in 2013 to 16.8% Welch, V.,

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

Nicholson, of The Politics of Theory in the Practice of Critical Librarianship (2018), and of Exploring Inclusive & Equitable Pedagogies: Creating Space for All Learners from ACRL Press. 2–3 (May 4, 2017): 175–84. For more guidance, please see the journal’s Focus and Scope. She is the co-editor, with Karen P.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Interestingly, in 2018, feeling inadequately appreciated, the Penguins (hockey), Pirates (baseball), and Steelers (football) commissioned an economic impact not unlike the one performed for Salt Lake's NBA All Star Game. Most of the amusement tax (fee on tickets) go to the Pirates baseball team, not the city.

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How changes to Fair Market Rent affects access to affordable housing for extremely low-income renters

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Landlord participation in the voucher program has declined both nationally and in North Carolina from around 90% in 2018 to 80% in 2024. For instance, the 2024 FMR was calculated using ACS data from 2017 to 2021. link] [2] For a full overview of FMR methodology in 2024, visit: Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.