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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?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Washington Post reports on a press conference in Anacostia, the most economically lagging area in DC, where the Mayor discussed improvements in the area, in association with a new building for the Department of Housing and Community Development, which was already there, in a not so old building (" After decades of disinvestment, D.C.’s

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Los Angeles has citizen oversight committees for every park facility ( Park Advisory Board s, " Park Advisory Boards in Los Angeles ," 2023). Also see " Third place issues " (2024) and " Strangers are good for us ," an op-ed by David Sax in the New York Times. Whyte and "triangulation."

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Powering digital transformation in Canada: AWS Summit Ottawa keynote recap

AWS Public Sector Blog

One such investment is the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, launching in late 2023/early 2024. SSC was created in 2011 to transform how the government manages and secures its IT infrastructure. Join us at next year’s event on April 20, 2023, and discover the next wave of cloud-powered change. Learn more.

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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

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. But even before that I went back and forth on it. Who wants to hang out by a freeway? A lot more about that below.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Washington, DC paints a giant ‘Black Lives Matter’ message on the road to the White House ," CNN Developing policies for response in advance of such controversies is advised. Parks should develop programs to assist people of lesser means in enabling their participation. Monuments that are controversial.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Washington, DC paints a giant ‘Black Lives Matter’ message on the road to the White House ," CNN Developing policies for response in advance of such controversies is advised. Parks should develop programs to assist people of lesser means in enabling their participation. Monuments that are controversial.