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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The discussion of Equinox and Brooklyn Army Terminal also covers community building and camaraderie amongst the artists, sharing equipment and help depending on needs, organizing events, etc. Initially, he turned Equinox into a cooperative, with every tenant holding an ownership stake.

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Episode 70: CRA Services: If It’s Not Documented, It Didn’t Happen

CRA Today

Here, I share her journey and tips to document community development activities. When it comes to community development services documentation, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Many of our bankers will use various annual reports, tax returns, and even websites to gather the information they need.

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How to Keep the Local Grocery Store Open: A Challenge for NC CED Professionals

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

.” – Mayor Douglas Shere The most recent government statistics available on areas with low numbers of or access to grocery stores is from 2016, part of the federal Food Environment Atlas. By 2016, it had lost that store. Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI).

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New form of BTMFBA in San Francisco

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But it is something that a community development corporation tasked to serve the arts and culture community can do. Obviously, that's not something you can expect an individual artist to be able to do.

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Follow up: arenas and stadiums as "performing arts centers" attractions for cities: experience versus retail

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's also another lesson about planning and development. OTOH, while the "Good quote" article argues that Salt Lake doesn't really have the market size to justify more teams, I guess when a billionaire wants a team and there is a super-weak one out there, it presents opportunity.

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H Street NE nightlife district, failing?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I summarize this as when you have a choice between two or more districts, you choose to visit the one that's easier to get to, with more and better options (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2016). You can never stop (" MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD ," Neil Peirce, 2004).

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Creative Placemaking in Loíza, Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

In 2016, the government shuttered a large number of public schools across Puerto Rico, leaving hundreds of vacant school buildings as a result. Artist Ingrid Pérez said, “I didn’t realize that I was doing creative placemaking—I just called it being in the community and creating culture, how I do community development.”