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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

WMATA's 2005 study, Development-Related Ridership Survey , found significant car trip reduction associated with the buildings in Metrorail station catchment areas, even in areas outside the core. To better leverage the value of proximity to transit , density bonuses of at least a couple stories should be a standard policy.

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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

It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). Occupy folks used blogging as a means to tell in-depth stories from the field, photos to document and illustrate the stories, and podcasting to make the voice of the protesters heard and to amplify the message (Tocchi, 2013).

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

2] For an explanation of why it is so closely watched, see the Addendum at the end of this document. [3] 5] This was the policy of the FHFA when it was under the control of Acting Director Edward Demarco (2009 to very early 2014). Excluding the $0.4 trillion of home equity loans (i.e., second-lien borrowings) leaves $12.8 See [link].

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