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

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. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

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federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. Dr. Heather Wilson From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Heather Wilson served as Secretary of the U.S.

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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

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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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Whatever happened to planning when it comes to civic assets, public facilities, revitalization?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But a failure to keep renewing the space, a fall off in tourism after the Freddie Gray riots in 2015, and the unfortunate occurrence of a lousy property manager buying the complex combined to drive it into ruin. Take every opportunity to educate about global warming mitigation. Tearing down buildings is not green!

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

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In a follow up piece, " Revisiting the Purple Line (series) and a more complete program of complementary improvements to the transit network ," in 2019, I made the point in the section on "meta network improvements" that there should commence immediately: Expansion planning for the Purple Line on the south.

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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).

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Defining Data Equity

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Since President Biden signed the “ Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government ” in 2021, more than 90 federal agencies have created equity action plans. State and local leaders are acting, too. Here are three examples of data equity in action. 8, 2023.

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