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Milwaukee’s three-pronged strategy to reduce teen pregnancy: An interview with Bevan Baker, Commissioner of Health, City of Milwaukee, and Nicole Angresano, United Way of Greater Milwaukee – Episode #118

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

The three main prongs of the strategy are: An aggressive advertising campaign targeted to teens. It exceeded that goal, three years early, with a 50% decline in teen births by 2012. Bevan Baker has been the Commissioner of Health in Milwaukee since 2004. The use of evidence-based sex education.

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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. The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business.

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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

But the district is well organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area. When it is the Idea Store ,” 2004, Guardian ). Also see " Leimert Theater: Envisioning a Neighborhood Landmark ," KCET.