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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

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Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ "). Economic Development hype versus building the local economy. Economic impact study of Pittsburgh professional sports teams.

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

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. -- " 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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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

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In the next iteration of the main article, e.g., the last iteration was on Utah, I will be sure to add addiction treatment services to the main set of programs. == An article in the Guardian mentions public health as an economic development lever (" his article is more than 11 months old Without health there is no wealth.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

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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). Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no. 3 (2018): 489-530.

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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

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Citizen-initiated projects are managed and constructed by one of the four city divisions deemed the subject area for the project (Parks and Public Lands, Public Works and Transportation, Economic Development & Neighborhoods, etc.). Generally they are supposed to.

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Washington NFL team inks agree with Metrorail to provide late night post game service: for one game? Or for all of them?

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. -- " Seattle, All Star Baseball Game, free transit throughout the city and metropolitan area ," 2023 -- " Transperth transit (Perth, Western Australia) provides free transit to certain events, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert on 2/12/2023 ," 2023 -- " Seattle Kraken expansion hockey team sets new standard for transit benefits in transportation (..)

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

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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. Look at all the people going to a San Francisco Giants baseball game, and taking transit. Mike Kepka, San Francisco Chronicle, 2002.