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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) is the nation’s largest land bank, with over 75,000 properties in its inventory as of 2022. In 2003—with the expert guidance of another future Community Progress co-founder, Frank S. Why are there so many land banks in Michigan?

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

October 24, 2002. DC is at a disadvantage too, because unlike other jurisdictions, Congress forbids it from taxing non-residents. That means it can't tax day of game earnings of both home and away players (" Taxation Is the Name of the Game for Professional Athletes ," Bloomberg Tax). Giants fans leave the MUNI headed for the park.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The monocentric subnetwork of the DC Metrorail system serves the core of DC.