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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In " How the closure of a Pfizer research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan led to the development of a more robust and independent biotech sector " (2021) I suggested that some colleges are particularly good at spin off business development and we should figure out how to duplicate and replicate that. 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).

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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

Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes. Again DC has a great example as c. 2000 it was national best practice in terms of improving streetscapes in commercial districts, significantly boosting success of those areas. They remade it into a full park circle.

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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

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. inter-city) transit planning ," 2011).