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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

WMATA has even more issues because if either Maryland or Virginia have Republican Governors, it makes it very difficult to develop consensus support for such a tax, because they see it, justifiably or not, as helping DC disproportionately. So given there's been talk about this for at leas 20 years I'm not holding my breath.

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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

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. Center cities can be pretty dirty. schools (and daycare). Not mixed commercial use.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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?”

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Does a Nonprofit “First Look” Program Promote Neighborhood Stabilization? Examining Outcomes for REO Sales in Florida

Center for Community Progress

One estimate suggests that more than 5 million homes that were originally owner-occupied transitioned to rental homes between 2006 and 2017. percent of the REOMatch properties were owner-occupied as of 2018, including 88 percent of the 2014 properties and 77 percent of the 2015 properties. Within these census tracts, 71.3

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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

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. Equitable development plan. First is workforce development. Who wants to hang out by a freeway?

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element that could be included, in terms of comprehensiveness, is ferry and water taxi services, even though they are pretty niche (" Metrorail shutdown south of AlexandriaNational Airport would have been a good opportunity to promote ferry service ," 2017). More network improvements. Extending the Silver Line to Leesburg.