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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. From 2000 to 2001, the number of mortgage foreclosures in Cuyahoga County went from 5,900 to almost 7,000.

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Great article on urban design qualities of Kimmel Center in Philadelphia | extendable to civic assets more generally

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But since it opened in 2001, the Kimmel has sent mixed signals about just how welcoming it really wants to be. how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?); in terms of both (4) architecture and design; and (5) program/plan for what the functions within the building accomplish.

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Advancing connector technologies for multicore optical fibres

Open Access Government - Technology News

Ryo Nagase, Professor from Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan, highlights research concerning advancing connector technologies for multicore optical fibres, starting with an informative introduction Japan has been leading the development of optical communication technology from when the field first emerged.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. Who wants to hang out by a freeway? A big concern about the park concept is that it will spur displacement and gentrification.

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Policy Minute: Exclusionary Zoning

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

New York State Senator Rachel May introduced New York Senate Bill 7635 that would provide affordable housing developments a streamlined land use approval process in exclusionary jurisdictions. percent to 19.2 The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5 times from 1990 to 2018. Additional Viewpoints.

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