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Revisiting Mott's Market corner store in Capitol Hill DC: residents buy the building after all

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In April, this piece, " Saving urban corner stores needs public assistance: Mott's Market on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC ," mentioned how the store closed seemingly forever, because the owner of the business and building wanted to cash out, and had no interest in keeping the store open as an ongoing concern.

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May is National Historic Preservation Month | Why after almost 60 years since the passage of the National Historic Preservation Act, is preservation such a hard slog?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In response to both urban renewal and highway building, the National Historic Preservation Act was passed in 1966, which provided a system of reviewing "federal undertakings," including the use of federal funding for impact on existing buildings.

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Using Vacant Properties for a Climate Resilient Future

Center for Community Progress

Urban heat, stormwater runoff, and increasingly destructive storms all require places to engage in “climate adaptation planning” to respond to these threats to community health and well-being. Change Local Policies and Zoning to Promote Adaptation: Adaptation will include physical, tangible change to property and neighborhoods.

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Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Since I got involved in urban revitalization I've argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1. urban form (urban design) dating from the walking and transit city eras of urban development, therefore supporting walkability, transit, and biking 3. historic architecture 2. historic architecture 2.

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Reversing the social costs of the pandemic: rebuilding community networks and social capital

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

| Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers " Also the series on community-engaged commercial district revitalization: -- " Basic planning building blocks for urban commercial district revitalization programs that most cities haven't packaged: Part 1 | The first six ," 2020 -- " Basic planning building blocks for urban commercial district revitalization (..)

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

" Since I got involved in urban revitalization I argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1. an urban design dating from the walking and transit city eras of urban development, therefore supporting walkability, transit, and biking 3. historic architecture 2. Flower chair, Street Furniture Australia.

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How the cloud helps scale innovation in K12 and primary education

AWS Public Sector Blog

Smart small and go-to-market quickly Another boon to K12 innovation is the opportunity to start small and scale fast. There were many variables to account for—language, culture, urban versus rural—as they approached potential new locations. Similarly, a Texas education service center is moving to the cloud to go to market more quickly.