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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc. Most economic development planners don't know the difference.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It had been happening for decades (" Having a Longer View on Downtown Living ," Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, 2002; Get Urban!: This reminds me that when Toronto did an urban grayfield development project in the 1970s, creating the St. Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The scenario for a major pandemic was developed over the period 2003-2009 and was first incorporated into emergency plans close to the start of this period. Internationally, the greatest lesson of the previous SARS pandemic (2002-2004) was that international cooperation was the key to reducing its impact.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Bush administration in 2002. Bush in 2004. Intimacy matters in a day where we are maybe less interpersonally in touch than we have ever been as a result of technology which ironically was developed to keep us “more connected.” First president to deliver the speech in primetime was Lyndon Johnson in 1965.