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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

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. That will add to the activation-specialness-fun element of the concept of the Bridge Park. 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. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). Marginalized peoples and communities are using social media to magnify on-the-ground social movement actions and create collective action.