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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

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2022 ABPP Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant

iGrantWriters

Tribal governments or nonprofit organizations may acquire an interest in an eligible site by partnering in an application from a state or local government which has jurisdiction over the property to be acquired or put under easement. and 2 C.F.R. § 200.86). Description The National Park Serviceâ?? Survey Reportsâ??).Applications

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Great News for Chile

Human Transit

In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region. When the system was turned on in January 2007, some parts of it hadn’t come together. Juan Carlos has already been a leader through turbulent times.

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The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority outbids Wall Street to buy houses in Cincinnati

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Sadly, wrt the Purple Line I first suggested this in 2007. I guess this presupposes that the agency is predisposed to act instead of sit around. Fifteen years later, still no action. Historic preservation. Same for historic preservation. The best way to arrest the possible demolition of a property is to buy it. Bias for action.

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Closing Cost Reform: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

5 This is because the government has put considerable time and resources into developing lower downpayment alternatives that are still of acceptable credit quality to the government agencies that provide most mortgage credit today. The 2007 GAO report indicates this has been the historic practice in the title insurance business.

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The government agencies that dominate mortgage finance 16 currently require a credit report from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus, 17 known as a “tri-merge” report. 15 Credit reports. 7 See Hahn, “DOJ, FTC & NAR: A Hundred Year War,” [link]. 18 To learn more about tri-merge, see [link].

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Station North Arts District , anchored by Penn Station, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art (a degree granting institution) and the University of Baltimore, has always impressed me.