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A follow up on the H Street article: Learning from Philadelphia | More sophisticated daypart, retail, cultural, and experience planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: Philadelphia ranks fourth in the country in the average daily number of pedestrians downtown -- behind New York City, Chicago and Boston. Action News has been going through some of the new data and found that foot traffic in the heart of Center City reached 83% of 2019 levels, while residents reached 126%.

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DC Artomatic is a big arts exhibition: but not oriented to building the arts and culture ecosystem long term

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And while it's very important to focus on building the community of artists, at the sa.me

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Project Management to Product Management: Making the Move

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When Bill Laughman, who has worked at the division for 21 years, became Complaint Portal Administrator and Product Owner for the new process in 2019, he was skeptical. This article appears in our Guide, “ Unpacking Digital Transformation.” The transition challenged existing assumptions and habits.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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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Two words: vacancy tax | NYC: More than 60,000 Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are Now Vacant

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From the article: During a worsening housing affordability crisis, New York City landlords are keeping tens of thousands of rent-stabilized units off the market — a phenomenon tenant activists call “warehousing.” The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) repealed both vacancy bonuses and vacancy decontrol.

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H Street NE nightlife district, failing?

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The Washington Post has an article, " H Street was once a symbol of D.C.’s That being said, a Reddit entry in response to the article makes some excellent points that I wouldn't necessarily have come up with, not being there any more. As Project for Public Spaces says, you need multiple attractions.

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Electric vehicles as next generation asphalt nation: Car Harm paper

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see the Bloomberg article " EVs Can’t Fix a Global Epidemic of ‘Car Harm,’ Study Finds." The report concludes: In 2019, 43% of people killed by motor vehicles were walking, using a wheelchair or riding a bike. In the early 1960s, gasoline station companies had a campaign promoting asphalt (made from oil) road pavements.