Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The problem is that even though we talk about restaurant or sports events patrons (like attendees of baseball games) also spending money on retail as part of their trips, increasingly people aren't interested in doing so. I suggested something like this to the DC Main Street program in 2003, but it was too ambitious for them to understand.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

Personally, I think an arena is probably an acceptable choice, especially as it likely will increase transit ridership to events--the team estimates that the 70% of trips to the current arena will drop to 40%, with the much better transit location of Market East. Most economic development planners don't know the difference.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

In order for a social movement driven by social media to live, or to be an event, the activism must be displayed not only through social media but also have a presence in the world on public display in plain view. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009).

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