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Walmart to close one of its three DC stores

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC, not being particularly sophisticated politically, was ripe for the picking, and local elected officials welcomed them with open arms. But the elected officials wanted it to happen - - JOBS! miles from our house in Fort Totten, making our area likely the most densely served by Walmart of any other area in the US.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

a Bike Expo in association with the 5 Boro Ride, which had more than 100 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees in 2014. Sometimes they're led by the elected official for that district. NYC sponsors(ed?) Richmond hosted a Bike Expo in association with the UCI Race. The TMD should sponsor at least two. Salt Lake is hot in the summer.

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I can't help but laugh. DC Mayor's third term as a platform for transformation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But then I realized that's an affliction common to most of DC's elected officials, even her opponent David Catania (e.g., his stand on ticketing parents for a child's truancy or absence from school--see " Criminalizing truancy versus creating focused programs to address truant behavior ").