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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I argued for years that the move by the teams to DC from the suburbs weren't the reason that the Downtown East End began revitalization. The velocity of change from NoMA Metrorail station was so significant it convinced me that the public investment with the fastest ROI, at least when done right, is transit. It's expensive to build.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Bush administration in 2002. Bush in 2004. Why “meeting people where they are” matters: 1) We are generally a passive voting audience, if you meet us where we are, in theory we are more likely to participate – right? First president to deliver the speech in primetime was Lyndon Johnson in 1965.