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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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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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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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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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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

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They are looking to improve transit but haven't had a lot of success--failed tax referenda in 2020 and 2022 with another possible attempt for 2024, and there is back-biting (" Mayor Demings wary of Universal’s SunRail expansion plan, cites ‘lack of transparency’ ," Mass Transit Magazine ).

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

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That means that decision-making on land use and zoning, business issues, infrastructure development (roads, sewers, water, utilities, transit), technology (broadband Internet, etc.), Suburban – or so-called "edge" cities – are developing cultural infrastructure that, if not necessarily on par with what is downtown, is bound to impress.

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

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Parks agencies can engage citizens as programming providers, community experts, and volunteers, by creating parks and recreation committees and systems for developing and offering program for each facility. Also see " Third place issues " (2024) and " Strangers are good for us ," an op-ed by David Sax in the New York Times.

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

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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.