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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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And as far as health outcomes go, I outlined a brilliant approach (" Ordinary versus Extraordinary Planning around the rebuilding of the United Medical Center in Southeast Washington DC | Part One: Rearticulating the system of health and wellness care East of the River ," 2018) that the city ignored.

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

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TPAPs should be implemented at multiple scales: (1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g.,

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

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In 2018, I wrote a piece about the attempt to extend the RFK campus lease, but at the behest of the "Washington" NFL team, which has been based in Suburban Prince George's County for a couple decades. -- " Yes, modify and extend the RFK Campus lease; No, don't do it for the Washington Redskins football team " The RFK campus is on the right.

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Uphams Corner, Boston: revitalization "without" gentrification

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. -- " Exogenous market forces impact DC's housing market ," 2012 -- " Applying the super-gentrification thesis to San Francisco, Santa Monica, and other cities experiencing hyper-demand ," 2014 -- " The nature of high value ("strong") residential real estate markets. ," 2017 -- " Why "gentrification" is visible now.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

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The Washington Area Community Investment Fund’s (Wacif) mission is to promote equity and economic opportunity in underserved neighborhoods in the Washington, D.C. Joyce Klein is the director of the Business Ownership Initiative , a program of the Aspen Institute , which advances business ownership as an economic opportunity strategy.

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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 Urban Agenda calls for the unprecedented alignment of the entire agency by linking the work of national parks and programs to advance conservation, education, recreation, and economic development in urban areas. Economic development. Admission to Longwood Gardens --incredibly beautiful--is $25. is necessary.

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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.