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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

EMPDC was created by the Barry Administration to be a CDC and to take over management of the market, but vendors and other stakeholders fought the idea, and the market remained managed by the city--for a time by a putative nonprofit--with different spaces, like North Hall (arts) and Sunday under the shed run by different entities.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Many years ago Leimert Park in Los Angeles was featured in the Washington Post as a black-business district (" Los Angeles's Black Pride: Taking In the Retro Vibe of Leimert Park ," places , 2006). A big concern about the park concept is that it will spur displacement and gentrification. I visited it back then and wasn't impressed.

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Three Options for Managing References in Grant Proposals and Other Documents

Peak Proposals

The reason we’re not profiling Endnote is that it is expensive and out of reach for many nonprofits. Zotero Screenshot of Zotero’s landing page Zotero launched in 2006. Paperpile Screenshot of Paperpile’s landing page ( www.paperpile.com ) Paperpile came out in 2012. An independent, non-profit organization is behind it.

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