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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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How SkillsFuture Singapore provides access to skills training resources and more with AWS

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SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), a statutory board under the Ministry of Education (MOE), was formed in 2016 to promote a culture of lifelong learning in Singapore and strengthen the country’s ecosystem of industry-relevant training and adult education. SkillsFuture Singapore provides citizens with training opportunities and more.

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Straws and puffery: USC's DC "campus" as a lever for downtown revival

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I have been interested in the opportunity for higher education infused urban revitalization for decades. 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ). 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ). Leveraging higher education institutions for urban economic development. EMU and ASL haven't had much impact. I don't know about UT.

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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 paper " Evaluating the economics of park-tourism from the ground-up: Leakage, multiplier effects, and the enabling environment at South Luangwa National Park, Zambia " Ecological Economics , 2021, argues that simple surveys can collect this type of information. Part 1: Overview and Theoretical Foundations ," 2021 -- " St.

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Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Use the monies to fund and expand transit, especially Metrorail within the city as discussed above and in various postings such as " More on Redundancy, engineered resilience, and subway systems: Metrorail failures will increase without adding capacity in the core " (2016). And separating the Yellow and Green Lines too.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). WRT "daycare" one rise in PreK education for 3 to 5 year olds in cities like DC and NYC is to address the dearth of quality daycare and the expense. People don't want to live in fear.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This would provide Metrorail service to the New York Avenue corridor, if somewhat circuitous, and could also connect to a new infill New York Avenue station on the MARC passenger rail system (" One big idea: Getting MARC and Metrorail to integrate fares, stations, and marketing systems, using London Overground as an example ," 2015).