Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 15, 2023
Many small towns have decent quality of life because of the presence of small colleges, their economic and social capital impact, the offering of special events that are attractors, etc. For example, Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia has a summer theater festival. Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
DECEMBER 12, 2023
This is worth $20 million per year off football based on a study for the Buffalo Bills, it could be more for other sports because of more events. It mentioned how the RFK campus planning effort by Events DC did mention an arena, but the point never got much play. Benning Road, the extension of H Street is in the upper portion of image.
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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
AUGUST 4, 2021
In 2014, the New York City Right to Counsel Coalition was formed and succeeded in introducing a bill requiring the city to expand access to counsel for all income-eligible tenants within five years. This paper used an event-study approach to identify whether and how UAC affected eviction rates and trends in the private rental market.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
MARCH 26, 2024
In a study for the Bridge Park project in Washington, DC, one team came up with a nice hierarchy for programming for seasonality: -- Season -- Month (July 4th, Christmas, New Year's, etc.) -- National Events (Public Lands Day, Earth Day, etc.) -- not included but should be] -- DC/city events (e.g., But this is more about major events.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 19, 2022
We would call these "naturally occurring arts districts" in the vein of " naturally occurring retirement communities " and what I call "naturally occurring innovation districts" (" Naturally occurring innovation districts | Technology districts and the tech sector ," 2014).
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
JANUARY 23, 2023
But what earns him the most press is the work he oversees estimating the economic impact of marquee sporting events on their host cities. Especially when many might attend special event dinners by sponsors, etc. Sports Events Tourism. But events tourism is still an important element of community identity building and marketing.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
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). but it fell off. I think this is an element of their " expeditionary learning " approach.
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