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

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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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Community radio as an element of local cultural planning

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The station was originally owned by another nonprofit, and sold off to a different nonprofit a few years ago. But for $3.5 million, and evidently that was too much, and the station wasn't able to successfully compete for donations for operations as well as loan payments, as they faced KUER-FM, the NPR affiliate owned by the University of Utah.

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Smaller cities lose out when it comes to business consolidation and headquarters relocation: WInston-Salem, North Carolina

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Illinois; Tennessee; Rosslyn + "The Airport Access Factor" ," 2017 Education. Same with firms in Winston-Salem. -- " Do tax incentives pay off? And while I haven't written about it, how quantum technological change within an industry can change its location patterns.

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Another attempt to raise discussion about the DC Height Limit

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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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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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What if the park sponsored daily educational enrichment activities for the young people in nearby neighborhoods? The Urban Agenda calls for the unprecedented alignment of the entire agency by linking the work of national parks and programs to advance conservation, education, recreation, and economic development in urban areas.

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Third place issues

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Also see " Back to school #2: education unions should create multifaceted public education "meeting halls" comparable to AIA chapter "architecture centers" " (2016). You're with people, but alone. -- " Outdoor library book sale as an opportunity for "social bridging"/triangulation ," 2022 Salt Lake backyard concerts.

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

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Elizabeths campus ," 2018 Controversially, because the Park Service has more golf courses than demand, the Langston Golf Course could be redeveloped. From the WBJ : “I think that Chinatown will be fine even if the Verizon Center is moved,” said Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute. Because downtown D.C.