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School district wide retention and improvement initiatives: Kalamazoo Promise

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They created the Hennepin Works initiative as an infrastructure investment program to do just that ( "A County and Its Cities: the Impact of Hennepin Community Works ," Journal of Urban Affairs, 2008). From the article: That said, Jorth and others agree that The Kalamazoo Promise is still a work in progress.

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Opposition to affordable housing in Chevy Chase, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Washington Post has an article, " D.C.’s Chevy Chase Community Center, Washington, DC. Obviously, DC itself has successful examples of doing this, although more with replacing the civic asset rather than including it going forward.

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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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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)

3 The release of the FHFA report has also sparked a flurry of articles, op-eds, and think tank reports either supporting or countering some or all the recommendations. This two-part article argues that the root cause of their need for reform is a fundamental flaw in Congress’ design of GSEs. mortgage originations.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From another NYT piece, " What We Learned From Bogotá’s Buses ," about the article: That’s a lesson I took away from my reporting. Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes. TransMilenio bus routes. Photo by Julio Plaza for the New York Times. Social Marketing 3.

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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

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. An article, " West Side Market to transition to nonprofit management ," in the Cleveland Plan Dealer reports that the West Side Market there is moving to nonprofit management, while the city will still own the building. We did this in 2008 or 2009. They still haven't.

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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. Jeff has kept the blog going since 2006. You can also get articles on pay, news, employment, and more. News, updates, and future plans are often the topics of posts. Steve also has two master’s degrees in urban planning and economics.