Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Hot, humid weather and developing storms made me wonder whether my house was about to suffer the effects of the kind of concentrated microcyclone storm which has come to be known colloquially as a 'water bomb' and scientifically as ‘explosive cyclogenesis’. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004.

Management 92

Management Operations Laws Regulations 92

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2022

In " Back to School #3: College " (2016) I mention a number of elements (slightly edited): -- In most communities, colleges and universities are major property owners, and even developers (" Project Rehab, University City District, Philadelphia: Best Practice Neighborhood Stabilization Program ," " What do universities owe abutting communities?

Education 52

Education Development Leadership Outreach 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. I participated in a workshop on the plaza led by Project for Public Spaces and Scenic America in 2004 ( write up ). It laid the groundwork for connecting civic assets.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Development Management Transportation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. Who wants to hang out by a freeway? A big concern about the park concept is that it will spur displacement and gentrification.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Several decades ago, when we first developed a passion for performance management, we leaned upon a cadre of people who were pioneering in that work. Government Accountability Office was known until 2004. Robert Behn, (2004). Christopher Wye, (2004) 2nd Ed. Retrieved at: Christopher Wye, (2004).

Government 52

Government Accountability Budgeting Leadership 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

and making it possible for them to engage, respond, and share the President’s speech themselves in new and different ways.” Bush in 2004. And finally, keep engaging with the White House: We’re listening” (Goldman). Creating opportunities for engagement after the State of the Union. Bush administration in 2002.

Social Media 40

Social Media Housing Engagement Accountability 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

I do have some pieces that I've been drafting for years, without publishing, such as on civic engagement and national service (since 2020!), Building neighborhood confidence/The Myth of Community Development. My own take on innovation theory and the development, replication, and the diffusion of innovation is along these lines.

Transportation 52

Transportation Community Development Housing Urban Planning 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

7] Because Congress had set up the GSEs through legislation, the Obama administration believed it was up to Congress to develop revisions to that legislation to eliminate these defects. This included: Developing an updated capital requirement broadly consistent with post-2008 bank regulatory requirements. [9]

Legislation 105

Legislation Regulations Operations Housing 105