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Recreation planning and financing failure in Philadelphia: 11 of 12 public swimming pools have closed

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article on the latter, " Philly’s indoor pools have become ‘a travesty’ after decades of disrepair and neglect ," about how 11 of 12 public indoor pools are closed because of facility failure--from 2004 to 2019. One issue is money.

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Rayful Edmond's death reminds me of my introduction to Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cocaine Epidemic ," Post ) and police service area meetings--one of the problems we had is the area was split between two different police precincts creating problems of coordination.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. This is particularly unfortunate as there is immense scope to generate more community engagement. The provincial emergency plan is fully digital and it is coordinated by the civil protection service of the region.

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the Salt Lake Tribune article: It was in 2001 that University of Utah President Bernie Machen (1998-2004) recognized and took ownership for the fact that, as an institution, the U was little involved on the west side.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A big thing was parking and mobility coordination, for example the way Hyattsville does it for their Arts District. -- offer a joint delivery service from the market at least within the neighborhood as a basic transportation demand management measure. I mentioned it over time. It laid the groundwork for connecting civic assets.

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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

Get the parks working together and coordinated. I think there are two different approaches that could break the logjam, one would be the designation of this area as a National Heritage Area , where NPS helps to coordinate a variety of federal, state, local and private assets in an integrated fashion.