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More systematic equity and revitalization planning as an imperative and opportunity in the suburbs: Northern Virginia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Louis revitalization planning in the face of population shrinkage ," 2023 Inside NoVA reports, " Report: As Northern Virginia prospers, some neighborhood conditions worsen ," that the wealthy communities of Northern Virginia have communities that have and continue to lag. Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers ," 2021 -- " Revisiting St.

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Desperate times sometimes lead to a more marketing-oriented guise: WMATA/Metrorail | Bonus: WMATA's financial crisis

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Second, during the 2008 crash, I got an email from an activist in response to all the budget and service cuts faced by transit systems. My response was you don't develop such relationships in crisis, but when times are good, and hopefully, those relationships and funding streams can survive exogenous shocks.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In recent years, the System has been subject to growing criticism that it has been inadequately supporting the housing and community development mission given to it by Congress. Like F&F prior to 2008, the FHLBanks hold themselves out as competitive commercial enterprises, but the truth is that they also are not.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Nine | Second stage planning for parks using the cultural landscape framework

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Items like vegetation and Parley's Creek were not covered thoroughly in the most recent (2008) master plan update process. When the park experienced flooding via Parley's Creek in 2023. Cultural landscapes also include intangible elements such as land uses and associations of people that influenced the development of a landscape.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In the years immediately following conservatorship (which began in September 2008), the FHFA increasingly took over setting the average G-fee. This all ended in 2008, when even the most ardent GSE defenders in Congress went quiet as the two companies collapsed into conservatorship. percent in 2014 and then stayed in the 0.44

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Design Thinking ," American Libraries, 2008 I used action planning concepts when I did a pedestrian and bicycle plan for Baltimore County (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method ," 2010). That's what I've been writing about for years, obviously, as indicated by the text above.

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