Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

For either a BID or a conservancy extra services are likely to include security, sanitation, capital improvements, and marketing and economic development activities. I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 26, 2024

My writings on daypart planning (" Planning programming by daypart, month, season: and Boston Winter Garden, DC's Holiday Market, etc. ," 2016) are relevant to parks planning too. and then what it calls -- Private Events -- Special Events -- Extended Events (like a farmers market) -- Festivals. Seasonality. Neighborhood Parks.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence can be a game-changer in the mission of modernizing urban development, especially when it comes to transportation infrastructure Planning and maintaining communities in the modern world is as simple as threading a needle with an elephant. So, too, do the grids and topography that are unique to every city.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 18, 2022

Throughout the day, experts from Community Progress led trainings on the causes of systemic vacancy , the basics of land banking , what a property revitalization framework looks like , and more. If you’re wondering “What can I do about vacant properties in my community?” Some indicators directly measure market activity.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Episode 71: CRA Tips: CRA Services-What exactly does the provision of financial services mean? 12(i)–3: What are examples of community development services? The post Episode 71: CRA Tips: CRA Services-What exactly does the provision of financial services mean? appeared first on CRA Today.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2023

Photos by Bob Haas Second, people with choices did move into the neighborhood some, and unlike the in-migrants described in the movie " Flag Wars " in the Old Towne East neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, they were very much focused on working with the people in the community, not being disconnected "urban pioneers." Transforming a building. "

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

I thought about what I call "transformational projects action planning," and how part of the concept was influenced by the articles I wrote about culture-based urban revitalization in 7 European cities, for an EU National Institutes of Culture project in Baltimore. Post covid urban revival.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

charlie responded to the recent entry, " Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team ," saying I wasn't saying anything really new. But it seems that people have a hard time learning or retaining previous knowledge, so sadly these kinds of points need to be constantly repeated.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

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. So a local preservation law is needed, to be able to counter such threats.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

From the article: What’s featured here is not definitive, and perhaps not even fully representative of what it looks like to have an artistic space of one’s own in the city. So artists have had to create a kind of whisper network to withstand New York’s unimpeachable forward march, which the art market has, ironically, enabled.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 11, 2023

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. What Can We Do Now? By Erin Kelly Communities across the country are battling the effects of climate change.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 10, 2023

That's why I find what's happening in Salt Lake City so interesting as it is counter to these trends. What happens next? ," Salt Lake Tribune ). The Larry H. Miller Company) The Salt Lake Bees broke ground on a new stadium in South Jordan's Daybreak neighborhood on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. A residential community in Daybreak.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 31, 2022

soccer stadiums fit into the urban fabric ") argues that the smaller stadiums fit in better and aren't parking centric. soccer stadiums fit into the urban fabric ") argues that the smaller stadiums fit in better and aren't parking centric. In a small market, probably. In a large market, maybe not. Source: Kahler Slater.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 17, 2023

Conceptually, I think it's a great approach, especially in terms of the urban design, placemaking, concentration and communitarian elements, and the provision of the necessary transit levels of service to backstop it. Lee's Marketplace was opened by a small supermarket group that is a member of the Associated Food Stores cooperative.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Within the article there is an interesting subsection, about how the Trust is buying high cost houses, albeit for less than market value, West of the River, as a way to build their portfolio. We were prepared to sell the house at market rate.” Anyway, the Washington Post has an article, " A ‘clerical error’ could cost D.C.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

The northeast corner of 11th & Market Streets. The square block between 10th and 11th and Market and Filbert is the site of a proposal to build a new 76ers arena in the Fashion District space over SEPTA's Jefferson Station. Photo: Tom Gralish, Philadelphia Inquirer. billion arena in Center City "). Could the 76ers change that? ").

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

But they tried to scale it up far beyond what the potential level of business was and they crashed. The NTHP did a report, Older, Smaller, Better Measuring how the character of buildings and blocks influences urban vitality , on this a few years ago and found: Older, mixed-use neighborhoods are more walkable.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

But the second is that they significantly misunderstood the market. From the FC article: But those who care about the future of urban life should not indulge in scooter schadenfreude. Blogger keeps destroying the post, although I think it's the connection.) Isla Vista, California. They thought it was transit, it was recreational.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 17, 2023

Here’s what community revitalization leaders can learn from Michigan, what impact Michigan land banks have had on neighbors and neighborhoods, and what land bank leaders in the Great Lakes state need to continue their success. First, what is a land bank? What’s next for Michigan land banks?

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Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Donna Garland, chair of the Partnership’s PAO Roundtable; deputy associate administrator for communication and marketing, General Services Administration. In a recent interview, Garland talked about her work in federal communications, why she joined the roundtable and what she has learned as a result.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

" 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. historic architecture 2. Sprague Library, Salt Lake City.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

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. Good luck with that. They all have to agree on major decisions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 7, 2023

This past entry, " National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors ," discusses how I think schools fail to embrace a planning approach to what they do, and how communities fail to prioritize elementary schools as key civic assets which anchor thriving neighborhoods. are planning initiatives not really taken. Salt Lake.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 31, 2022

What happened during the pandemic? Louis: what would I recommend for a comprehensive revitalization program? He mentions how Mayor Harrell held a "Day of Service" event where 4,000 people participated, but that one day isn't enough, which I think is a good point. Now there are two shootings daily — up 100% from before the pandemic.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2023

Harborplace was an early example of what are called Festival Marketplaces and for many years it was considered an international best practice. And when confronting a problem start by thinking first of what things would be like if they worked and let reality compromise you later.” The current state of Harborplace is for sure a sad one.

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GovLoop

JULY 11, 2023

Residents and grant applicants could more easily make a connection between the gas tax formula and its impact on funding decisions—and also monitor what decisions were being made as plans began to appear on the map. “I I think that’s why spatial data works in this regard. We’re trying to communicate with the public,” continued Coleman. “We

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2022

(charlie a long time ago said it would be interesting if I would write more about what I learn about Salt Lake. Still, for decades, not one DC-based university was a member of the Coalition of Metropolitan and Urban Universities, and none really have a stellar urban studies program.

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First State Insights

MARCH 2, 2021

Topics covered in this February 16, 2021 interview include the current and forecasted prevalence of remote work, the costs and benefits of remote work for companies and individuals, and what more remote work could mean for cities and regions. by Dingel and Neiman ([link]. by Dingel and Neiman ([link].

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Recently, I thought about demolition of historic buildings in cities like Detroit as deaths, and that they were worthy of a listing in my annual article on "Urbanism-related Obituaries (2022)." I have listed failures of retail businesses like Sears or Debenhams, why not buildings? Homeless Deaths from Exposure. Traffic-related deaths.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

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.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

But what happens when a private property owner walks away from a declining investment property and stops paying their taxes? And what happens to the vacant, abandoned, deteriorated properties that haven’t generated property tax revenue for their municipality in years, or even decades?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I have been interested in the opportunity for higher education infused urban revitalization for decades. Student spending. The problem with that is students spend money in very narrow ways. At the time those universities were interior focused and I promoted the idea of moving the CUA bookstore to 12th Street NE.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 17, 2023

I had no idea what that was about. Community organizers fear that the development will harm the tree’s delicate root structure, and say that Gastelum should donate the plot back to the community (noting that it could qualify as a tax deduction) or sell it back to the county for its fair market value. This is where people come together.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In fact, now it's slated for closure. -- " A positive deviance failure in Boston: Timilty Middle School ," 2022 What an incredible waste. Like my frustration with DC Government. After two terms, eight years, the reelected mayor is looking for innovative ideas? -- " I can't help but laugh.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JUNE 30, 2020

Today’s episode of Open Space Radio is all about what park and recreation professionals have been doing to creatively and safely engage their communities in the past few months and their plans for the summer ahead.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 14, 2023

What is a land bank? What does a land bank do? There are over 300 land banks and land banking programs in the United States serving rural, urban, and suburban communities. Enter one powerful tool in the fight against abandoned and blighted properties: land banks. Land banks are a vehicle for equitable community development.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 26, 2023

The problem is what happens when a property owner can’t—or won’t—pay their fair share and walks away from the property. The neighborhoods with the greatest concentration of tax foreclosed properties are most often those with the greatest concentration of vacant—what some call “ blighted ”—properties. Hennepin County.

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