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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

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I was lucky in that the application I'm submitting had a cost category and percentage schedule outlined in a 2013 city memo. It made it very easy to come up with the budget.) Generally they are supposed to.

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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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Proposal to build new basketball arena in Downtown Philadelphia

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It's why Friendship Heights in DC isn't doing so great retail-wise (" Friendship Heights and the production of retail decay ") and why DC can't really develop a strong retail center in the core. I do believe that basketball and hockey arenas should be located downtown and that they can contribute positively to economic development.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

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Similarly, the creation of Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia was touted as a way to build the economic power of the region (" Appalachian School of Law receives final installment of $6 million funding package ," Bluefield Daily Telegraph ). Leveraging higher education institutions for urban economic development.

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City of Kenmore Officials Find the Fun in 2017-18 Priority Based Budget

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The City of Kenmore, Washington was the second organization to implement PBB, along with the City of Bainbridge Island , and both have been practitioners since 2013. He also cited economic development as a top priority for the city with the goal of expanding employment and making the city more vibrant. 24 meeting.

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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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Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. Economic development. Promoting POC business development, creative business structures that reduce the demand for capital, investment, etc., is necessary.

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

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She could just do the stuff I suggested before she was elected: A Marshall Plan for East of the River -- " Social urbanism and equity planning as a way to address crime, violence, and persistent poverty: (not in) DC " (reports on a conversation from 2013 and the process after) and during her two terms of office: Transformational health care -- " A (..)