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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

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More background on the legal and tax aspects of CLTs in North Carolina can be found in this earlier CED Blog post. Meehan, 2014). A few local governments have granted eminent domain takings power to CLT partners to acquire dilapidated adjacent land (Meehan 2014). 3 (2019): 795-817. Williams, Joseph Pierce, Deborah G.

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows ," WHYY/NPR -- " Abandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violenceAbandoned house repairs reduced nearby gun violence ," Penn Today (2023) -- " Urban Blight Remediation as a Cost-Beneficial Solution to Firearm Violence: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial (..)

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How to Keep the Local Grocery Store Open: A Challenge for NC CED Professionals

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Almost 15 years ago, a brief CED blog post highlighted several resources for supporting or attracting local grocery stores, especially ones in rural areas. Supporting rural grocery stores has been a target of federal funding through the USDA’s Healthy Foods Financing Initiative (HFFI), first authorized in 2014.

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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

In a follow up piece, " Revisiting the Purple Line (series) and a more complete program of complementary improvements to the transit network ," in 2019, I made the point in the section on "meta network improvements" that there should commence immediately: Expansion planning for the Purple Line on the south. I hope they read it.)

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element could be treating schools as "neighborhood cultural centers" too, the way I describe how neighborhood libraries should be positioned (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019). A big problem, at least in cities, is that households have a lot fewer children.

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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

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In 2022, all California cities and counties will be legally required to recycle organic waste. From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent ! Mainly to minimize landfills and mitigate the environmental impact of our garbage.