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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

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2022 ABPP Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant

iGrantWriters

Tribal governments or nonprofit organizations may acquire an interest in an eligible site by partnering in an application from a state or local government which has jurisdiction over the property to be acquired or put under easement. Deadline to Apply December 31, 2022 and 2 C.F.R. § 200.86). Survey Reportsâ??).Applications

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In conclusion, a proper approach to reasonably risk-adjust all government agency fees –combined with charging carefully targeted borrowers a lower interest rate funded by other carefully targeted borrowers paying a higher interest rate – would be far better public policy than what exists today. ” [link]. [37]