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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

What if the park sponsored daily educational enrichment activities for the young people in nearby neighborhoods? The Urban Agenda calls for the unprecedented alignment of the entire agency by linking the work of national parks and programs to advance conservation, education, recreation, and economic development in urban areas.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. The conservative activism education and organizational training they provide have been also played an essential role in the Tea Party’s digital success. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). Bennett, C.W. Bennett, C.W.

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Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But close encounters during the rest of the week were a selling point in the successful campaign to lure the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a new federal research agency known as ARPA-H, to Cambridge, said O’Connell, the MassBio CEO. Characteristics of cultural quarters From Montgomery (2003). Stable arts funding.