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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?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The reality is that government buildings don't generate a lot of spillover business development, as I discussed in another entry. government offices, DGS said. Notably, most of the newest developments are city properties--the new DCHD building and a building for the Department of Health. The city will continue to pay $1.46

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Meehan, 2014).

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California State Controller Betty Yee: A Career in Public Service

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Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. Reelected for a second term as Controller in 2018, Ms. Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. Reelected for a second term as Controller in 2018, Ms.

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California State Controller Betty Yee: A Career in Public Service

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Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. Reelected for a second term as Controller in 2018, Ms. Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. Reelected for a second term as Controller in 2018, Ms.

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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

124,000 files from Uber were leaked to the Guardian and they found that " Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals." Hailo didn't last long (" Hailo Shuts Down: How Taxi Drivers Sabotaged a Golden Opportunity and Handed Uber and Lyft the Keys ," Frommers, 2014).

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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Poster board from the 2014 meetings. The study came from the public-private Purple Line Corridor Coalition, a group composed of government officials, community activists, nonprofits, companies and academics. Communities most at risk include Long Branch, Langley Park and Riverdale Park, study leaders said.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

City/government revenues from the lease are minimal. Interestingly, in 2018, feeling inadequately appreciated, the Penguins (hockey), Pirates (baseball), and Steelers (football) commissioned an economic impact not unlike the one performed for Salt Lake's NBA All Star Game. 350,000 maximum annual lease payment.