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Change takes forever: plastic bag bans, liquor stores and crime

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC did that in 2009. From the article: According to a 2018 Johns Hopkins University study, every 10% increase where alcohol outlets were located, there was also a 4.2% I noticed an article that Baltimore County, Maryland is on the verge of passing a plastic bag ban. increase in violent crimes. “We

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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 Seattle’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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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

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She also served as the first female chief of the NASA Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2009 to 2012. Subscribe to the AWS Public Sector Blog newsletter to get the latest in AWS tools, solutions, and innovations from the public sector delivered to your inbox, or contact us.

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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. Now a goodly amount of that is encapsulated in " Branding's (NOT) all you need for transit " (2018), but old pieces like " Making Transit Sexy " (2005), make the point too, less sophisticatedly.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Vision Theater in Leimert Park Village will be a cultural anchor and will bring new customer segments to the commercial district throughout the day and into the evening, Photo from Horizon and Skyline blog. Elizabeths campus ," 2018 -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program ," 2018 Freeway capping.

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December 2022 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

OneDrive Sync client connections from a virtual machine using FSLogix releases older than FSLogix 2009 Hot Fix 1 are not supported and will get blocked starting Jan 2023. The OneDrive sync client will be blocked for any virtualized configuration using a FSLogix release older than FSLogix 2009 Hot Fix 1. Additional Information.