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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the second article: The goals of the future hospital, he said, are to provide meaningful economic impact to the west side by employing residents who live near the facility, and to improve the health of a city that faces lower life expectancy and higher rates of serious conditions compared with the overall county.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. We did this in 2008 or 2009. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. I imagine it was mostly wasted.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

Steve Pinkerton : He has been the city manager of Manteca, California since 2008. Scott Darrington : Although he gave no reason for it, Scott stopped blogging in 2009. Jeff has kept the blog going since 2006. You can also get articles on pay, news, employment, and more. There is also a link to the city’s main site.

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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

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). It doesn’t take long before thousands of Facebook users join these pages (Fieser, 2009). 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008).