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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

Third, while I haven't seen studies on DC government workers per se, a definitive study on federal workers in the L'Enfant Plaza area found about 65% of workers brought their lunch--which is why the food options there are so paltry. Second, work from home further minimizes the impact Third, so does e-commerce. In short, not a solution.

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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

And sports betting , which is now legal in many states, and would experience a local bump maybe in association with an All Star Game, definitely with the Super Bowl. But it's not huge when it comes down to it. Although not in Utah, where gambling is not legal. Snowbird Resort, Little Cottonwood Canyon. Skiing + the All Star Game.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Together, parts 1 and 2 of the analysis are essential to understand the FHFA Report and how its proposed reforms are most definitely needed. billion for fiscal 2024. 26] The just-released CBO report lists the fiscal 2024 affordable housing program spending at $350 million with the gross subsidy at $7.3 See [link]. [25]

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The academic literature has tended to not differentiate between hard and soft infrastructure, but instead focuses on the definition of types of facilities, focusing on differences in type of space and programming. But even before that I went back and forth on it. Cultural infrastructure is both hard and soft.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Safety on transit definitely is top of mind for many potential riders, especially those people predisposed against mass transit--hence the rise of ride hailing (Uber, Lyft) which on a per trip basis is much more expensive, but more convenient as it usually is a point to point trip. By spring 2024, the first four stations should be complete.