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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle, 2002. The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live." I was too parochial. Look at all the people going to a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and taking transit.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Michigan’s first land bank was founded in 2002 as the Genesee County Land Reutilization Council (now the Genesee County Land Bank ) by Dan Kildee , who later went on to be one of the cofounders and first president of the Center for Community Progress. and the mortgage rate increased 5.6% The Ingham County Land Bank saw a return of $1.82

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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The housing market has just experienced one of the largest upcycles in history. First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This rapid ascent was driven by multiple factors.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

," " Park View Residents Continue To Oppose Redevelopment at Bruce Monroe Park " Washington City Paper , also see " "Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing "). blocks from a light rail station. Building the station cost a lot.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: Or some housing on top of retail. I haven't written about this being discussed in a number of places like DC (" D.C.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Bush administration in 2002. These efforts build on previous White House efforts to connect with users across a range of social media sites and make the experience of the speech appropriate to each platform. And finally, keep engaging with the White House: We’re listening” (Goldman). Bush in 2004. No small feat. Why or why not?