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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

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I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

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Meehan, 2014). One-time investments in CLT properties can keep those properties affordable as long as the CLT exists, ensuring affordability for far longer (Institute for Community Economics 1982, Jacobus and Brown 2010, White 2011). 2 (2014): 113-133. Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 23, no.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

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We would call these "naturally occurring arts districts" in the vein of " naturally occurring retirement communities " and what I call "naturally occurring innovation districts" (" Naturally occurring innovation districts | Technology districts and the tech sector ," 2014).

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How to Keep the Local Grocery Store Open: A Challenge for NC CED Professionals

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In 2011, Camden County, in far eastern North Carolina, had only one grocery. Supporting rural grocery stores has been a target of federal funding through the USDA’s Healthy Foods Financing Initiative (HFFI), first authorized in 2014. By 2016, it had lost that store. Source: Wikimedia Creative Commons, Accessed July 18, 2023.

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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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The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. But even before that I went back and forth on it. The Directory of NPS Community Assistance Programs is a resource for identifying programs to advance community needs.