Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 5, 2024

From the article: Part 1: Colorado alcohol deaths surged 60% in 4 years, but there’s been no public outcry or push to save lives Coloradans die from the effects of alcohol at one of the highest rates in the country, but, in comparison to fentanyl, the state’s reaction has been a shrug.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 7, 2024

And while it's very important to focus on building the community of artists, at the sa.me But it doesn't have the kind of impact it could, were it to have a different organizational focus.

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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." I argued it would have happened anyway. said "no, the Arena has had significant impact." The reality is that he was right (" More sports: sports-anchored entertainment districts and LA Live." I was too parochial.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

From the article: In a news release sent out Wednesday, officials said that the organizations’ Boards of Directors will meet on May 1 to start “months-long discussions about how to efficiently provide, fund, and govern public transit.” It's about speed versus access. German VV as the model for DC.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MAY 25, 2023

On 25th May 2018, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Robin Campbell-Burt discusses what’s changed 5 years later On 25th May, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation – shortened to GDPR – which ultimately changed the way we deal with data.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 20, 2024

According to the Washington Informer article, " DC's new plan to slash its trash ," DC is adding ten years, one decade more, to its waste diversion goal, from 2030 to 2040 That's 16 years!!!!!!!!!!

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, in the first three quarters of this year, DSPS processed 38,827 applications, compared with 30,200 in all of 2018. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.” Before the system’s launch last year, the average wait for a license was 45 days. The average time to review now is less than five.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2024

As newspapers reduce staff, such articles are increasingly run as is, despite the potential slant. From the article: What’s happening in Alabama is an example of how special interests have taken advantage of the diminishing reach and influence of shrinking mainstream newsrooms in the US.

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GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

In 2018, the bureau made a big training push, updating curricula and ensuring that all employees received training in their first two weeks on the job, according to the BMV’s 2018 annual report. ” This article appears in “ Improving Customer Experience: A Nuts-and-Bolts Guide.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. More of that, please." He makes the point that the Council probably needs more staff to be able to do so.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

From the article: NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES It's not clear how the United States' 63 national parks would be affected. They remained open during the 2018-2019 shutdown, through restrooms and information desks were closed and waste disposal was halted. ," Reuters), which means that parks and open lands close too.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

And it starts with decent cultural planning: -- " Revisiting stories: cultural planning and the need for arts-based community development corporations as real estate operators ," 2018 The preeminent example is SEMAEST of Paris, although it deals primarily with retail uses. No reason the model can't be extended to arts and culture.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Robert Wright in an influential article in WIRED Magazine (10/8/2017) entitled “How Mindfulness Meditation Can Save America”, called this mindfulness as something we desperately need in our society and workplaces and “will make us less inclined to embrace and hand on to that “enemy” vide when it surfaces”.

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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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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The complexities noted here are compounded by the fact that tremendous growth and affordable housing needs are in urban areas, while the vast majority of this type of housing is found in rural areas (see the great maps on housing shortage and surplus found in this recent New York Times article ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

The New York Times has an article on a bus shelter public art project, " Watching for the Bus Stop Gallery." From the article: Starting Aug. Image: Public Art Fund, NY 4.

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The Lowe Down

MAY 12, 2023

Article by Derik Suria & Meghna Pamula Air pollution is a serious public health concern. Between 1972 and 2018, the number of large wildfires in California increased by 784 percent, and the area burned increased by more than 1,200 percent (Environmental Market Solutions Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Winston-Salem Journal has a really great article about this process, " Triad weathers corporate HQ departures with manufacturing revival." These days, not unlike Caterpillar living Peoria for Chicago, and now to Texas, Winston-Salem is experiencing the loss of those corporations, especially as they further consolidate and relocate.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 13, 2022

With a critical eye toward the creation and perpetuation of racial disparities, the article examines four categories of policy responses: addressing root causes, preventing homelessness, providing services, and facilitating sustained exits from homelessness, which this post, too, will examine in turn. 2021 ; Gubits et al.

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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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 3, 2023

Paris was a pioneer when it introduced e-scooters, or trottinettes, in 2018 as the city’s authorities sought to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport. From the article: N ormally, anything that combats the notorious traffic congestion on the streets of Paris deserves applause. Sustainable mobility framework.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). A list of the full citations of the articles referenced can be found at the end of this post.

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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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The Lowe Down

APRIL 28, 2023

Article by Noah Hendelman Recent research from economists like Richard Reeves has pointed to a concerning decline in men’s health and wellbeing. In 2018, more females graduated than males in every single county, as shown by the choropleth in figure 1. A one-unit increase represents a $1000 loss per worker to the China Shock.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Article by Rachel Supnick’26 Picture: Generative AI An upward trend in female representation is promising but becomes inconsistent at the regional level. The 2018 midterm election was also a historic one for women. This milestone comes during the term of the first female Vice President, Kamala Harris.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

This article was updated from 2018. Whether you’re engaging a specific minority within your community or using an inclusive engagement consultation for multiple minorities within your community, make sure you take the time to understand the various cultures.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

Hotel Development ," Bisnow), and retail spaces that are getting crushed. It may also be arts districts and arts institutions (" Pioneer Square’s arts scene is changing – what that means for downtown Seattle ," Seattle Times ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

From the article: Prince George’s County didn’t feel like a place to make movies when actress Kike Ayodeji grew up. As pointed out in the Post article, if you want to develop a functioning if not thriving film community, you need to support its development, and a film festival is an element that does. I think it's a great idea.

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GovLoop

MAY 19, 2023

The initiative, which began in 2018, encompasses a wide range of entities, from state and local government and educational institutions to organizations managing critical infrastructure. This article appears in our guide “ Bright Ideas for Making Cyber Stick.” Everyone else is a partner [in the process].”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 23, 2023

From the article: Kunkel, director of Temple University’s Sport Industry Research Center , is referring to the economic impact enjoyed by hosts of what’s evolved into a three-day-long basketball bacchanal that briefly transforms the cities it touches, and which happens to be coming to Salt Lake City next month.

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GovLoop

AUGUST 29, 2022

After an initial sprint in 2018, a sprint in 2022 will continue to build on efforts to identify addressing gaps and create an accessible database of addresses for people and businesses in all parts of Puerto Rico. This article is an excerpt from GovLoop’s guide “ Your Data Literacy Guide to Everyday Collaboration.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 31, 2022

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. This trend discussed in a 2018 post by DFI colleague Frank Muraca: unc.live/37TJaQy. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

At the state level, California enacted the first state privacy law in 2018 and, via ballot initiative, established a more comprehensive version in 2022. This article appears in our guide, “ Decision Intelligence: New Possibilities for Data-Based Decision-Making.” According to a recent survey, 70% of U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

This comes up because of the Chicago Sun-Times article, " City’s test of additional dwelling units finds most takers in gentrified wards." From the article: This involved allowing additional dwelling units, or ADUs, typically basement or attic apartments or coach houses. Where do I begin? State Center; Park Heights; etc.)

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Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ethelbert Miller “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer”by Kate Clifford Larson “Reconsidering Reparations” by Olúfẹ́mi O.

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GovLoop

JULY 31, 2023

How TVAR Solutions Helps TVAR Solutions helps federal agencies create a multi-phased transformation roadmap, including one for a large agency engaged in a massive consolidation since 2018. This article appears in our guide, “ How to be a Pivot-Ready Organization.” The project is moving into Phase 5.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Post has an article about how Virginia Congressman Don Beyer is getting a masters degree in machine learning so he can apply AI to government and creating better policy (" A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI "). Positive deviance theory: Hope amidst failure.

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