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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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Regional and multi-state inter city bus transportation. Thanksgiving is a time of big travel.

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Grand Opening for New Denver Union Station Bus Concourse, Designed by SOM ," SOM press release, 2014 When Greyhound was last up for sale, I suggested that Amtrak buy it (" Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound ," 2021). Although this rendering is more lively than the actual.

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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

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

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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Why is Ada Lovelace Day so important?

Open Access Government - Technology News

A Harvard Business Review study conducted in 2019 revealed that women and men have different approaches to leadership. This is extremely important – whether you’re making your voice heard in blogs, books or by presenting at conferences. © Joseph Perone. Do you believe that women possess different skills to men? Don’t be shy.

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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.)