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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 Washington Post reports on a press conference in Anacostia, the most economically lagging area in DC, where the Mayor discussed improvements in the area, in association with a new building for the Department of Housing and Community Development, which was already there, in a not so old building (" After decades of disinvestment, D.C.’s

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South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

The City Fix

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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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

Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ "). Economic Development hype versus building the local economy. million in total economic impact. But it would have to be built into the experience.

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Announcing the 2023 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Government and Education

Google Public Sector

Recognizing the need to meet evolving demands and expectations, USPS launched the Informed Delivery email subscription service in 2014. Congratulations to the 2023 award winners! Informed Delivery notifies subscribers of upcoming deliveries. Presently, the service boasts approximately 59 million subscribers and continues to grow.

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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

Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs [link] accessed via [link] Accessed July 18, 2023. Source: Wikimedia Creative Commons, Accessed July 18, 2023. Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI). Main Street, Mebane, N.C.

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Announcing the 2023 Google Cloud Customer Award Winners in Government and Education

Google Public Sector

Recognizing the need to meet evolving demands and expectations, USPS launched the Informed Delivery email subscription service in 2014. Congratulations to the 2023 award winners! Informed Delivery notifies subscribers of upcoming deliveries. Presently, the service boasts approximately 59 million subscribers and continues to grow.

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CFP (and Reviewers): From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey (Rowman & Littlefield)

A Library Writer's Blog

When cognitive load is surpassed, it can be much more difficult to process, encode, and retain new information (Paas and Ayres, 2014). 2 (June 1, 2014): 191–95. Kern (she/her), Engineering Librarian, Pennsylvania State University Please send questions to : addressing.cognitive. Educational Psychology Review 26, no. Sweller, John.