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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

This included employing ex-government officials from both parties to aid their cause. As an example of their lobbying power, in 2004 and 2005 the George W. Another was their lobbying efforts, as the two GSEs became among the most powerful lobbying interests in Washington, D.C. It well reflects how much F&F are a hybrid of the two.

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Transit as a formula for local economic success and improvements in regional quality of life

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Revisiting Vision Zero in DC and NYC ": Government has a bias for inaction*. A big issue is that transportation agencies (and government agencies more generally), even very good ones like NYCDOT, aren't always that proactive, and tend to not have "a sense of urgency" when it comes to action.