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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I make this point often that planning engagements are set up to fail from the outset because planners have to achieve both city (or county wide goals like economic development) as well as neighborhood specific objectives, while residents tend to take responsibility only for the latter. Economic Development.

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle, 2002. Fans line up outside the arena before the opening night game between the Washington Capitals and the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena on October 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live."

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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. Giants fans leave the MUNI headed for the park. The San Francisco Giants play the Anaheim Angels in Games 5 of the World Series at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco, Ca.