Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JULY 26, 2021

Mariana Mazzucato has taken the idea as far as anyone including in her latest book. And, in a nice piece of timing, that is the title of Michael Barber’s new book in his “deliverology” sequence. You’ll need to read the book (and so will I). But here’s the thing.

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Peak Proposals

JUNE 1, 2023

Zotero Screenshot of Zotero’s landing page Zotero launched in 2006. They can act as search engines to find relevant journal articles, books, and web-based content; be a place to store and organize your references; function as a PDF reader; and be used to import citations into your document.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

A big element of the service is providing free books to children (" Clinic's reading room making a big difference for low-income kids ," KSL-TV) Some library systems have special health and wellness collections. Why not create one as part of a community-serving hospital?

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Parks And Recreation Public Health Development Education 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

8] The privatization of Fannie Mae in 1968 by the Johnson administration was explicitly done to take government spending off the books under the pressure of Vietnam War era “guns and butter” budget strains. [9] 20] The Federal Reserve Bank’s combined balance sheet in 2006 was just $.81 81 trillion.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

Students spend most of their money on food and drink, books, and sundries. DC's planning function and capacity has diminished with each mayor since Anthony Williams left office in 2006. You need a lot more students than CUA (6,700) or Trinity (1,800) to have a real impact on a local commercial district. But that's not a unique failing.

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

Located in Missouri, he often updates readers on the state of the city but has been known to go off topic for items such as books and film. She is the Hayward, California city manager and has worked in the office since 2006. This is the personal blog of John Landwehr, mayor of the City of Jefferson and his wife Peggy.

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Barrett & Greene

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The following new suggestions of books, reports, articles and presentations about performance management come from David Ammons, Maria Aristigueta, Marc Holzer, Michael Jacobson, Andrew Kleine, and Aaron P. We were happy to see that his recent recommendations sparked enthusiasm from other well-known experts in the performance field.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. 2006 and beyond, although what it's become is perhaps far beyond what I suggested, " Retail planning and Florida Market ," 2009. Incorporate book and media related art, including projections? They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. We did this in 2008 or 2009.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These two recent entries recount many of the pieces as step by step I developed a more comprehensive approach to arts-based revitalization. -- " Lack of a system breeds more of the same: Source Theater, Washington DC, up for sale 2006, 2024 ," (2024) -- " The town (or place) that art saved(?):

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

As Bligh and Riggio (2013) discuss in the forward of their book exploring this very relationship, Distance shapes the degree in how and to what degree we can and do interact with others; at the most complex level, changing notions of distance are literally morphing our relationships and spheres of influence at a rapidly changing pace.

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Librarian.net

JANUARY 12, 2025

This is the thread of the books I am reading this year. I started 137 books and finished 135. Here was the Mastodon thread of what I read last year and here’s my 2024 booklist. I didn’t mind it but I might have liked being out doing more other things. I finally managed to read a majority of female and non-binary authors.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I owe Marc Fisher (I wrote about a similar controversy he fostered on historic preservation 18 years ago!, " Preservation takes it on the chin (updated) " 2006) thanks for getting me off my ass to write--I haven't blogged in months--although I had been on the cusp recently.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 14, 2025

Examples would be Shell Oil in Nigeria or Kennecott Copper in Chile, Years ago, I applied these ideas to the Anacostia neighborhood of DC (" Enclave development won't "save" Anacostia ," 2006) and Prince George's County (" Can enclave development "save" Prince George's County? ," 2012).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. In the chilling installation, “2487,” the artist, Luz Maria Sanchez, reads the names of the 2,487 people known to have lost their lives crossing the U.S.-Mexico

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Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

Mexico border between 1993 and 2006. In the chilling installation, “2487,” the artist, Luz Maria Sanchez, reads the names of the 2,487 people known to have lost their lives crossing the U.S.-Mexico

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). This incredible exponential growth of the movement was likely a consequence of the movement’s decentralization (Brafman & Beckstrom, 2006).

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Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Her recent book is a must-read and her collection of Substack essays on Eating Policy (as in “delivery eats policy for breakfast” – think Michael Lewis and The Fifth Risk ) are required reading in my research and intelligence gathering. Right now that feels a little like the triumph of hope over experience.

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