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Really great article on historic preservation (North Carolina)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Raleigh News & Observer named Myrick Howard, president of Preservation North Carolina for 45 years until he retired this year, the 2023 Tar Heel of the year (" He’s rescued 900 buildings to save NC history. Meet the N&O’s Tar Heel of the Year "). As long as the building remains, you can continue to tell the stories,” Howard says.

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Department stores are an "urban technology" built for walking not driving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is a letter to the editor in the Post " Save an endangered species: The American department store ," responding to the article " Macy's and other department stores are an endangered species ," opining about the difference between department stores in European cities like London and Paris.

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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

From the article: Administration officials see the influx of workers as an economic boost and part of a broader effort to scale up critical health infrastructure in a place where life expectancy and health outcomes lag behind neighborhoods to the west.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Basically, I'm interested in continuous process improvement and iterative learning (" Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory ," 2023) applied to government and social program improvement. But to dig deeper for the right lesson.

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Closing Cost Reform: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 1)

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Part 1 of this article will address several questions to lay the groundwork for a broader discussion about closing and related transaction costs in Part 2. Insights from the NAR lawsuit and settlement In 2023, the NAR and certain large brokerages were sued in Missouri federal court via a private class-action lawsuit.

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How Texas Is Cultivating a Data-Savvy Workforce

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Cooke began working for Texas in 2007, when he took a job at the Department of Agriculture, first as a systems analyst and later as a management analyst and project manager. This article appears in our guide, “ Decision Intelligence: New Possibilities for Data-Based Decision-Making.”

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The article " Philadelphia’s Market Street East searches for growth and renewal — with or without a new Sixers arena ," has an interesting section on a community meeting where people who weren't into the arena concept suggested alternatives. Philadelphia 76ers ," 2023 ). They don't want an arena, they want green roofs.