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DC's 11th Street Bridge Park project

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The Bridges now. What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. "

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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In turn that would help to spur development of the Pepco power plant site, which stopped producing electricity in 2012, and Benning Road further east, and Minnesota Avenue. Other areas too.) Elizabeths campus ," 2018 Controversially, because the Park Service has more golf courses than demand, the Langston Golf Course could be redeveloped.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

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While this criticism can be extended to most services delivered by bureaucratic organizations, it's definitely the case that students in public schools are "customers" too, and thinking about and addressing their comfort likely will have a positive impact on educational outcomes.

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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 paper " Evaluating the economics of park-tourism from the ground-up: Leakage, multiplier effects, and the enabling environment at South Luangwa National Park, Zambia " Ecological Economics , 2021, argues that simple surveys can collect this type of information. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021 -- " St.

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Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

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And Maglev and the Central Business District, which is another inducement for a Height increase, one completely unseen by DC's planning and economic development officials (" DC, Transformational Projects Action Planning, and the Baltimore-Washington Maglev project ," 2021). Social urbanism and equity planning.

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Wizards and Capitals teams staying in DC after all and the failure of the mansion tax referendum in Chicago have one thing in common: failure to take the time to build consensus

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Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). billion in tax incentives (" Caps, Wizards complex in Virginia could get largest arena subsidy ever "). It was a shocking move.

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