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Celebrating 20 Years of Land Banks in Michigan

Center for Community Progress

Land banks in Michigan are a flexible tool with unique powers granted to them in state law to return vacant properties to productive use as new homes, businesses, or greenspace through demolition, rehabilitation, and maintenance.

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Federalism and the Detroit Bankruptcy Case

Public Policy Blog

Scott Bomboy of the Constitution Center mentions that “the concept of nullification–that states can overrule federal laws–predated the Civil War by decades, and the ultimate issue of nullification (secession) was settled in the 1860s. 1257 courtesy of Cornell Law Institute). If that law is federal, then the U.S. 482, 488 (1976).

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach. The Height Limit discussions. I won't go into it, because it has been discussed elsewhere.

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CONTRACTS: Emergency Orders and Delayed/Excused Action

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

588, 592-93 (1872) (nonperformance excused when occasioned by act of law); see also Sch. 2002) (performance excused until it becomes possible to perform rather than excusing performance entirely). Harrington v. Dennie , 13 Mass. 93, 94 (1816); Mis. & Tenn. Green , 56 Tenn. of Olyphant v. 22, 29, 184 A. Protravel Int'l, Inc. ,

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A couple years later I helped Brookland create one, and later served as a program manager in Brookland.

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May is National Historic Preservation Month: The future of historic preservation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

This came up when I first worked on creating a historic district for the H Street NE, Washingron DC neighborhood back in 2001-2002 (we didn't pursue it because I shifted to commercial district revitalization). zzz Intangible culture, UNESCO " Toronto says it wants to protect Kensington Market.

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