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Small college economic issues threaten their ability to function as a community asset

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The key is to constantly be focused and planning and forward looking. -- " HBCUs and the city: Relocating Cheyney University to Philadelphia? ," 2021 -- " Howard University announces wide ranging building program ," 2022 (Note, not saying HU is forward thinking. They've had a lot of problems)

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al. More background on the legal and tax aspects of CLTs in North Carolina can be found in this earlier CED Blog post. Meehan, 2014). 2 (2014): 113-133.

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Revisiting New Carrollton and the opportunity of transit oriented development: New train hall to be built at transit hub

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And it is a part of #12 in the action points list in the 2014 piece. /City Block has a good post on how to do a transit hub at New Carrollton, " Missing a chance to create a great transit hub – New Carrollton." I hope they read it.) It would make New Carrollton a much more significant business and residential district.

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CFP: Book About Teaching with Digital Storytelling

A Library Writer's Blog

To learn more about the digital storytelling collaboration that inspired this book project, visit our Global Digital Stories blog at: [link] To learn more about metaliteracy visit: [link] Please send a 1–2-page chapter proposal and a current CV to Tom at Tom.Mackey@esc.edu no later than Friday, July 29, 2022. link] Mackey, T.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." a Bike Expo in association with the 5 Boro Ride, which had more than 100 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees in 2014. There aren't many free air pumps or bike stands. NYC sponsors(ed?)

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Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It fell into the same trap ," Washington Post ), reminds me that some of my earliest substantive blog writings concern WMATA and the Silver Line. Fifth, that activists and elected officials sure didn't understand how to be proactive (" The Silver Line WMATA story that WJLA-TV missed ," 2014). Extending the Silver Line to Leesburg.

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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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. But even before that I went back and forth on it. DC invests, half heartedly in people, not in place. Another link.