Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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can do to start working better together as a region (Baltimore Business Journal op-ed ," 2016), and I support efforts to do this for St. According to the article, 39 communities make up "Rivers City," ranging in population from 232 to 23,000. Later I suggested this for Baltimore City and County (" Opinion: What Baltimore and D.C.

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From the article: Park size was not significant after controlling Supervised activities and onsite marketing were significantly related to increased park use and MVPA [moderate to vigorous physical activity] person hours.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

From the article: One study of Philadelphia’s Basic Systems Repair Program found that when even one home on a block received repairs, there was a 21.9% decrease in homicide rates.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 13, 2024

Boston versus the Raleigh-Durham's GoTransit Model ," 2017 -- " Route 7 BRT proposal communicates the reality that the DC area doesn't adequately conduct transportation planning at the metropolitan-scale ," 2016 -- " Reviving DC area bus service: and a counterpoint to the recent Washington City Paper article ," 2019 From the article: With additional (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

From the article: CounterPulse, a staple in the city’s punk arts scene for over 30 years, began as a modern dance hub. According to the article, CAST is considered unique: Other cities are experimenting with their own pilot programs. Although CAST functions like a community-wide arts-focused CDC, so maybe it's not so different.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 16, 2024

As commercial districts shift to what I sometimes call "eater-tainment" (" Successful retail today often includes food, experiences, social elements, and isn't rote ," 2016), the reality is that when going to a sports event, consumers aren't interested in shopping at retailers--unless they sell team merchandise exclusively--they want experiences.

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The Lowe Down

MAY 14, 2023

Article by Abizer Mamnoon and Anahitha Gopikumar Ontario Airport (ONT), located east of downtown Ontario in San Bernardino County, is the geographically closest airport to the Claremont Colleges. In November 2016, ownership of ONT was returned to the Inland Empire from LA County.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This Seattle Times article, " Is West Seattle the rock ’n’ roll capital of Seattle? ," illustrates those ideas--record stores, clubs, artists living there, record labels, the KEXP-FM rock radio station, practice spaces, recording studios, music education programs in Seattle Public Schools, etc., Kylie Cooper / The Seattle Times).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

From the article: He has a history of floating false solutions to the drawbacks of our over-reliance on cars that stifle efforts to give people other options. Elon Musk said he came up with the hyperloop to diminish planning and funding for high speed rail in California (" Elon Musk Is Convinced He's the Future.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

Barbara Morton, the VA’s deputy chief veterans experience officer, who joined the office in 2016, has been a leader in that change. I wish I’d known back in 2016 that there were others like me. This article appears in our guide, “Agency of the Future: How New Possibilities are Emerging in the Present.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

Yesterday, my SmartNews feed was on fire, with so many great articles. 1 venue in the world."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

So I wasn't surprised to see some articles about the bankruptcy of Bird (Superpedestrian), the major player in the electric scooter space (" E-scooter companies are going bankrupt. From the FC article: But those who care about the future of urban life should not indulge in scooter schadenfreude. Isla Vista, California.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

APRIL 25, 2024

Grants have specific requirements to determine eligibility, such as State Articles of Incorporation, an EIN, 501(c)3 status, etc. 2016, February 24). To help you determine if your organization is ready, here’s a 6-question checklist to help. Are you eligible? Our strategy is designed to help you from the beginning. 2007, September 10).

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

Are JPART articles read by those who do public administration? Despite its quality content and tremendous success, George wondered “whether at times JPART research is so abstract in its nature as to not be as useful as it might be for practice?” Are they applicable? “We

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 15, 2023

. -- " 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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2024

I really like how the poster mis-states the original intention for the site, and of course, positions the use as a "giveaway to developers."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The pavilion project is interesting for a bunch of reasons: the original pavilion study dates to 2016. The Park is about 70 years old, a regional park, and unusually, owned by the City and County jointly but overseen by an independent board. So it took 8 years to construct the first new pavilion.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I wrote about this in more depth in " 6Ps and cultural planning and the failure to create a network of African American historic sites across the DMV " (2016) in response to articles spurred by the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In a 2016 article, the Centre for Public Impact, a government consulting firm, said that “the future public servant will increasingly need to think and act like an entrepreneur.” This article first appeared in “ Your Guide to Becoming an Adaptive Agency ,” from GovLoop. Get the guide. Image by kalhh from Pixabay.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 2, 2023

From the article: Goodwill, a nonprofit that provides job training, education and other services to people with disabilities or who face other employment challenges, has owned the 1.4-acre acre parcel at 10 South Glebe Road since 1999. There is the tension between getting the most money and doing "good works."

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The Lowe Down

MAY 12, 2023

Article by Derik Suria & Meghna Pamula Air pollution is a serious public health concern. for 2016-2020. Research shows significant disparities in exposure to air pollution and health outcomes among different communities by the level of income. in the period 2006-2010. percent decline in exposure. in 2011-2015 and 0.09

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 4, 2023

From the article : Metro rides are free after 5 p.m. That's not unlike what I've suggested for the Inauguration (" Should transit on Inauguration Day be free? ," 2013/2016) and other super special events (" Washington Cherry Blossom Festival and event transit ," 2023). Tuesday Officials suggest taking Metro to get to the Mall.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

APRIL 15, 2021

In this article, Clement Lau details how the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is implementing equity-focused park and recreation plans to ensure that communities with the highest need for parks are prioritized.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

Note that before the book, there was an article in Fortune Magazine , " Downtown is for people " ( pdf ). It's a very important book, about the recentralization of metropolitan areas focused on center city revival. I actually have the original magazine--from an estate sale in Bethesda, found by Suzanne, not me, but it's in DC. Great images.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

charlie shares with us an article by Edwin Heathcote, the architecture columnist for the Financial Times , " Can a city be redesigned for the new world of work? There is an article about how public schools are weak in customer service (" Survey: Majority of parents say schools’ customer service needs improvement ," K-12 Dive).

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

APRIL 25, 2016

This article originally written by Becky Zimmer from the Humboldt Journal. City Manager, Roy Hardy, made the presentation to a small crowd on what the 2016 budget is going to look like in terms of tax increases and social programs. The public had their chance to ask questions on April 5th at the public budget meeting at the Uniplex.

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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. The question of how best to fund Metro is an important one that requires thought leadership and extensive community input.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

MAY 14, 2016

The following article was published on May 12, 2016 by the Sherwood Park News and written by Fiona Beland-Quest (councillor for Ward 8). It can also be used by the organization to set targets and determine how resources are aligned, based on priorities.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Regionalization of services and public-private partnership (“P3’s”) are among the greatest sources of opportunity for PBB communities (at the 2016 PBB Conference, the PBB data-mine demonstrated $409million in opportunities among PBB communities alone in 2016). Administrator ).

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GovLoop

JUNE 2, 2023

Despite a Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy that’s been in place since 2016 and a Federal Cyber Workforce Management and Coordinating Working Group dating from 2019, governments continue to struggle to find enough qualified cyber personnel. This article appeared in our guide, “ A New Cyber Game Plan Takes Shape.”

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Let's Talk Parks

APRIL 25, 2020

I met Sean VanRoenn at the Colorado Parks and Recreation conference in September of 2016 through a networking event where young professionals were paired with a director of parks and rec. This article was one of my first articles written on Becky Talks Parks, and it still continues to be one of the most viewed blog posts.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Article by Katie Chen. Since 2016, there has been a significant increase in the number of American and European investments into Chinese securities, totaling $1.1 On September 22 nd , 2021, Chinese real estate giant Evergrande failed to meet a coupon deadline totaling $83 million of bond interest payments.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 24, 2016

The following article ( City of Toledo gets help from the Center for Priority Based Budgeting ) was originally published by WTOL Toledo and written by Ashley Hill and Alexandra Montgomery. The Center for Priority Based Budgeting is thrilled to join this partnership in bringing PBB to the "Glass City!"

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 11, 2023

From the article: a state law decentraliz[ed] the Chicago school system and giving parents and educators the power to review school budgets and hire principals. The same organization that publishes CR published Catalyst , which ceased operation in 2016, after publishing for 26 years. School reform and how can communities respond.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 7, 2016

The following article ( Officials get first look at budget firm's process ) was originally published by the Toledo Blade and written by Ignazio Messina. The Center for Priority Based Budgeting is thrilled to join this partnership in bringing PBB to the "Glass City!"

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The first time I wrote this post was in 2016, but I've never done it early enough in the month, when you can actually procure an item in time, without paying for expedited shipping. The specific coffee we buy is up 60%. Source: SmartSense Source: Mexicom Logistics Thoughtful Thanksgiving host/ess gifts beyond wine.

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