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DC Artomatic is a big arts exhibition: but not oriented to building the arts and culture ecosystem long term

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And while it's very important to focus on building the community of artists, at the sa.me But it doesn't have the kind of impact it could, were it to have a different organizational focus.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). A list of the full citations of the articles referenced can be found at the end of this post.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Part 1: Colorado alcohol deaths surged 60% in 4 years, but there’s been no public outcry or push to save lives Coloradans die from the effects of alcohol at one of the highest rates in the country, but, in comparison to fentanyl, the state’s reaction has been a shrug.

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds. In 2018, the bureau made a big training push, updating curricula and ensuring that all employees received training in their first two weeks on the job, according to the BMV’s 2018 annual report.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

With a critical eye toward the creation and perpetuation of racial disparities, the article examines four categories of policy responses: addressing root causes, preventing homelessness, providing services, and facilitating sustained exits from homelessness, which this post, too, will examine in turn. 2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ).

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WMATA's latest bus improvement program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " Route 7 BRT proposal communicates the reality that the DC area doesn't adequately conduct transportation planning at the metropolitan-scale ," 2016 -- " Reviving DC area bus service: and a counterpoint to the recent Washington City Paper article ," 2019 From the article: With additional (..)

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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Paris was a pioneer when it introduced e-scooters, or trottinettes, in 2018 as the city’s authorities sought to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport. From the article: N ormally, anything that combats the notorious traffic congestion on the streets of Paris deserves applause. Sustainable mobility framework.

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