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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C.

2013

2013 2015 Budgeting 2017

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 15, 2023

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)

Economic Development

Economic Development 2015 2014 Education

Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Post has an article about how Virginia Congressman Don Beyer is getting a masters degree in machine learning so he can apply AI to government and creating better policy (" A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI "). Positive deviance theory: Hope amidst failure. Like my frustration with DC Government.

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Article 2012 2013 Development

The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JUNE 2, 2023

Aldrich and Meyer argued for greater attention to the role of social capital in a seminal 2015 article by in the American Behavioral Scientist. Many scholars of community resilience have highlighted the key role of social capital for community resilience. 363) Social capital matters. It matters for economic development.

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Article Events 2007 2010

WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From the article: The capital improvement program reflects the region’s commitment to maintaining and improving your community’s $100 billion transit asset.

2009

2009 2015 2016 2017

Revisiting New Carrollton and the opportunity of transit oriented development: New train hall to be built at transit hub

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 25, 2022

On an e-list there's been a discussion of suburban TOD and someone mentioned this journal article, " Seven American TODs: Good practices for urban design in Transit-Oriented Development projects ," Journal of Transport and Land Use , 2008.)

Development

Development 2014 Transportation 2008

Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Remote work is here to stay,” says a 2022 Forbes article. Research by McKinsey & Company released in June 2022 reveals that 58 percent of Americans reported having the opportunity to work from home “at least one day a week,” and 35 percent had the option to work from home “five days a week.”. Reynolds, Jr.,

Economic Development

Economic Development Development Local Government Laws

WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

5. . -- " Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011 -- " One big idea: Getting MARC and Metrorail to integrate fares, stations, and marketing systems, using London Overground as an example " 2015 -- Will buses ever be cool? I note that GGW just wrote about this this week.

Transportation

Transportation Coordinator 2011 2006

Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " What Richmond can't teach DC about bus services ," 2019 Brightline is a new railroad passenger service that started in South Florida, is expanding to Orlando and intends to expand to Tampa.

Transportation

Transportation 2017 2018 2019

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Another element that could be included, in terms of comprehensiveness, is ferry and water taxi services, even though they are pretty niche (" Metrorail shutdown south of AlexandriaNational Airport would have been a good opportunity to promote ferry service ," 2017). More network improvements. Proposed Gatineau-Ottawa transit loop.

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Transportation 2011 Sustainability

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

MARCH 1, 2024

| Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. The award-winning orchid curtain in the Exhibition Hall at Longwood Gardens' 2015 Orchid Extravaganza.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation 2014 Education Development

Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

There are tons of "leadership books" and seminars and articles about leadership lessons from sports team coaches. The Stanford Social Innovation Review has published articles over the years about application of design thinking to social enterprises and social issues. But to dig deeper for the right lesson. Learning from sports teams.

2007

2007 2017 Article 2009

Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The FHFA then indicated that it ended this delay and began to employ the newer, higher capital requirement approach beginning in 2022. Individual GSE public financial disclosures do, however, indicate there may have been a modest increase during 2022 (i.e., What about the average G-fee in 2022? percent to 0.49

2008

2008 2014 2019 Press Release

Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

Town-city management: We are all asset managers now " (2015) is a further extension of these ideas, in part around risk management (" Where is the risk management approach to police misconduct and regularized killings of citizens? ," 2020). “We the natural environment (open space, rivers, tree cover, watershed, etc.), New Geography).

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Post columnist Colbert King says the DC Council needs to do more oversight

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

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Big data/Machine Learning/AI as a policy savior

The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Revisiting New Carrollton and the opportunity of transit oriented development: New train hall to be built at transit hub

Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

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

Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

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