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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It is considered one of America’s government- sponsored enterprises (GSEs), i.e., public-private hybrid corporations created by Congress and authorized to engage only in a narrowly-tailored set of activities. It did so, for example, in 2004 to cover the budget year 2003, when its estimate was $3.2 billion for fiscal 2024.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The average resident doesn't think about the big picture, certainly not the cost of running a city and needing to raise revenues as costs rise. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

These five elements—artists, place, space, organizations, and businesses—are the components of cultural clusters or cultural quarters. -- " Reprinting with a slight update, "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" from 2009 ," 2019 -- " Cultural Quarters as Mechanisms for Urban Regeneration. s Black arts scene ," Post ).

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Because social media can increase the perceived social and public equity, users are more likely to engage in active participation. It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Social media has played an integral part in grassroots communication and participation.