Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

Reinvestment Fund conducted Market Value Analyses for the City of Bethlehem (2018) and Northampton County (2019) to support data-driven blight prevention and remediation plans. A cultural shift is already under way in Bethlehem in getting elected officials and the private and nonprofit sectors on board with prioritizing blight management.

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Implementation Development 2018 Community Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Fifth, that activists and elected officials sure didn't understand how to be proactive (" The Silver Line WMATA story that WJLA-TV missed ," 2014). DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. More network improvements.

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Elected Officials Transportation 2011 Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

While the concept was spurred by my writings on the Purple Line light rail system coming to suburban Maryland, -- " (Big Hairy) Projects Action Plan(s) as an element of Comprehensive/Master Plans ," 2017 but also best practice programs I've across and not always written about. commitment and time.

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Parks And Recreation Elected Officials 2008 Implementation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

One of my earliest pieces " Town-City branding or "We are all destination managers now" " (2005) was later expanded into the concept of a city's elected officials and stakeholders are its brand managers in commercial district revitalization framework plans I wrote in 2008 for Cambridge, Maryland, and Brunswick, Georgia.

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Elected Officials Public Safety Management Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the 2017 and 2019 elections, I thought Democratic wins in Virginia presaged a lot more. Youngkin was a big time private equity guy before his election, like Mitt Romney. The election results seem to reduce that likelihood significantly. Richmond, Virginia.

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Elected Officials Campaign Housing Public Safety 52