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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: The District is playing hardball in a dispute with the owner of Nationals Park, effectively threatening to shut down the stadium if Events DC fails to develop the commercial and retail space it promised before the ballpark’s 2008 opening.

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Difficultly of fomenting institutional change not just a problem for minorities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For example, in his 2008 campaign, Barack Obama argued his candidacy was an extension of the 20th-century Black freedom movement. Because it would bring the executive and legislative branches together, with citizens, and a foundational agenda (from the plan). Build on it. (4) I was super proud of #5 and the sub-committees.