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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

According to a new report by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, poverty, rates of people without health insurance, educational attainment, job opportunities and overcrowding all worsened in those neighborhoods between 2013 and 2021. Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program?

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Options for Expanding Property Tax Relief for Lower Income Homeowners

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In 2008, the General Assembly added a provision to G.S. In 2013, the General Assembly took a similarly restrictive approach when it wanted to remedy what it viewed as a defective 2011 reappraisal in Mecklenburg County. Population limits and similar restrictive criteria have been used in at least two property taxes bills.

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Missing obvious opportunities to strengthen rail-based transit systems: Philadelphia Navy Yard and improvements to the transit "network"/platform

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The project took six years to complete, and the station opened in 2012, with full service in 2013. And as one of the early citizen directors of BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, used to say about planning for transit expansion--don't put it off, because construction costs only go up. Conclusion. It's been 26 years.

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