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With the post-covid decline of Downtowns, arts and cultural institutions are affected too

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see: -- " How Sonoma County theaters are trying to survive in a post-COVID world ," Santa Rosa Press Democrat -- " New Pike Place Market venue aims to rekindle Seattleā€™s arts scene ," Crosscut -- " Seattle arts events are back, but audiences are hesitant ," Crosscut -- " What Does It Take to Run a Museum?

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October 2016 | Studying Networks Over Time, By H. Brinton Milward

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

This blog post is an attempt to begin a dialogue among public management researchers about how we might begin to design research that would capture the life-cycle of a network using methods that allow the researcher to capture exit and entry of organizations, new governance schemes, and shifts in the task or purpose of the network over time.

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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

First, in the early years of the blog I wrote a lot of pieces about transit marketing and doing a better job of it. That's not unlike what I've suggested for the Inauguration (" Should transit on Inauguration Day be free? ," 2013/2016) and other super special events (" Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit ," 2023).

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). are topics I've blogged about over the years. People don't want to live in fear. cleanliness. schools (and daycare).

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Linda Lenz, founding editor of Catalyst Chicago, dies at 77 | Technical assistance for local schools advocates

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The same organization that publishes CR published Catalyst , which ceased operation in 2016, after publishing for 26 years. I guess there are others, like K12 Digest , and blogs. For awhile, a sister publication also operated in Cleveland. School reform and how can communities respond. That's why Catalyst Chicago was so innovative.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." In 2009, I was able to spend half a day at Stoneleigh Elementary School in Baltimore County Maryland on International Walk to School Day. There aren't many free air pumps or bike stands.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. We did this in 2008 or 2009. 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. Allow the sales of alcohol.