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

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The report, “ Lost Opportunities: The Persistence of Disadvantaged Neighborhoods in Northern Virginia ,” compares census data from 2009-13 and 2017-21 for Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the city of Alexandria to understand the social and economic changes the region has experienced over time.

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"Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

s zoning commission approved the development plans in 2017, but soon after, a group of neighbors filed a zoning appeal to contest the approval. Those buildings would create 273 units of housing, some of which would have replaced the existing 174 units at Park Morton while it undergoes redevelopment.

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

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And so like my belief in civic engagement training for people participating in planning issues, I believe the same is true for schools. Then again, we could provide all the civic engagement and technical assistance in the world and maybe the outcomes would be the same. They were inchoate. Without a narrative you lose by default.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

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In the near term, we are supporting returning customers with more rapid social media engagement, and extended customer service hours Monday through Friday 7 a.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.

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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. Rumsey Underground: Arts.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

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With regard to the last of these points, it is worth considering the criticisms of the concept of social capital, which is often used in conjunction with community-based DRR (Haynes 2009, Inaba 2013). For example, the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 are united in their quest for justice and decent living conditions.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

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Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. s Least-Visited Smithsonian, The Anacostia Community Museum, Is Preparing For Gentrification " WAMU/NPR, 2017.