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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Funny of course, because this is driven by the financial pressures faced by WMATA foremost (" Facing massive budget shortfall, Metro releases budget proposal that slashes service and increases fares ") but also other area transit providers, who've lost lots of riders in response to work from home. And financing.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Read them to learn how a city budget works, how townhall meetings are conducted, and even to see the inner workings of a police department. He was also reelected in 2005 and again in 2009. Michael Patrick McGinn was elected the 52nd mayor of Seattle in November of 2009. Top City Mayor Blogs. Mayor Slay. Louis on April 17, 2001.

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10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

And in 2006, Bunker-42 was bought privately and re-purposed as a Cold War museum, restaurant, karaoke bar, conference center and wedding venue. The hotel opened in 2009 and didn’t provide any luxury amenities such as flat-screen TVs. Fortunately, the threat of nuclear war eventually passed. Image Source.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. City Budget Office : Because budgets are something a city manager comes into contact with a great deal, stop here. It is the site for the Budget Office of Seattle, Washington.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. The Complete Guide to City Living , 2004, Retire Downtown: The Lifestyle Destination for Active Retirees and Empty Nesters , 2006, both by Kyle Ezell), but mostly in weak market cities where the office districts were depopulated by business. schools (and daycare).

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It’s time to talk about a regional tax to help fund Metro (DC area)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009 and a couple times afterwards, I said it was necessary for WMATA to rebuild the regional/metropolitan consensus about support for transit. This let the system get sloppy in terms of finance, budgeting, and understanding why "WMATA is so successful at funding operations from farebox revenue." They charge two.

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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). In the past there was nowhere for this kind of sentiment to go.