Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since. It begins with “What do we want Metro to be?”

2009 52

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The last two of these were either not developed enough or were allowed to lapse. I have taught it every year since then. The plans were not connected to anything.

2008 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. But even before that I went back and forth on it. Who wants to hang out by a freeway? There just aren't that many jobs.

Parks And Recreation 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. And later about various funding mechanisms. -- St. The best time would have been in the 1980s, when the system ran well and was still expanding. Right now, Virginia has a Republican Governor.

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