Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This Seattle Times article, " Is West Seattle the rock ’n’ roll capital of Seattle? ," illustrates those ideas--record stores, clubs, artists living there, record labels, the KEXP-FM rock radio station, practice spaces, recording studios, music education programs in Seattle Public Schools, etc., Kylie Cooper / The Seattle Times).

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since the cloud-first policy came out in 2011, the federal government has pushed for the use of cloud technologies as a foundation to IT modernization. This article is an excerpt from GovLoop’s guide entitled “ Your Guide to Becoming an Adaptive Agency.”. But cloud alone is not a silver bullet. Download the guide. Favorite.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

I wrote about it in a couple entries: -- " Every Litter Bit Hurts ," 2005 -- " Community cleanups (and other activities) as community building and civic engagement activities ," 2011 I would say it gave me a much better ground-based appreciation about the nature of the trash. This article is interesting.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

3 In this article, I argue that these two standards are no longer essential given the evolution of the markets and mortgage industry over the decades since they were established. Even the FHFA, during 2010 and 2011, attempted to organize such a reform. 28 But, surprisingly, the Report (p. See [link] , page 11.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 1, 2022

From the article: Homeowners have long outspent renters in Toronto’s census metropolitan area; a decade ago, their average bills were $1,516 per month versus tenants’ $1,043. per cent more than tenants in 2011, it fell to 38.84 That trend is still visible in areas like Toronto’s Little Italy, or a large swath of southwest Brampton.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

From the article: In a news release sent out Wednesday, officials said that the organizations’ Boards of Directors will meet on May 1 to start “months-long discussions about how to efficiently provide, fund, and govern public transit.” inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). This concept eludes almost everyone who writes about transit.

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GovLoop

JUNE 9, 2023

“INaturalist usage in the Smokies has skyrocketed from just four users in 2011, to 3,800 in 2020, to now more than 7,100 users,” said Will Kuhn, DLiA’s Director of Science and Research, in an interview last September. “We This article appears in our guide, “ Decision Intelligence: New Possibilities for Data-Based Decision-Making.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 7, 2023

Of course such practice is complicated by politics, but also labor contracts with teachers and other personnel, and that sense of winners and losers, In the article, they really tried to move away from the idea of winning and losing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Chinatown ," Washington Post , 2011). From the article: Lofty plans for the still-to-be-named project include: A grocery stocked with Asian snacks, noodles, produce and pantry staples. It had a decent run, but it closed in 2005 (" Wah Luck House maintains culture in dying D.C. I sure never got into the habit of shopping there.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Article by Julia Garbee. In our analysis, we used total suspension rates by county from the California Department of Education for academic years 2011-12 through 2015-16. A Study of Low-Income Communities and School-to-Prison Pipelines.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The evidence of effectiveness of the program is also reviewed in this 2011 journal article.) Web extras: President Hrabowski discusses the role of ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the program [ click here ] as well as some highlights in terms of results [ click here ].

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

From the article: Community schools, which, among other things, integrate nonprofits, businesses and colleges on the school site to offer services to students and their families, have existed for more than a century. There are a number of great examples (" Community Schools Offer More Than Just Teaching ," New York Times ).

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The Lowe Down

MAY 12, 2023

Article by Derik Suria & Meghna Pamula Air pollution is a serious public health concern. in 2011-2015 and 0.09 Research shows significant disparities in exposure to air pollution and health outcomes among different communities by the level of income. in the period 2006-2010. percent decline in exposure. for 2016-2020.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

A short bibliography of sources that deal with common faults in Turkish R/C construction is appended at the end of this article. Why RC buildings failed in the 2011 Van, Turkey, earthquakes: construction versus design practices. While that cannot be negated, it is less than half of the story.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

From the article: The past few months have been tough for many passengers using bus stations and curbside spots across the country. I have written about this from time to time, including problems with the set up at DC's Union Station, by comparing it to Toronto and Montreal (" Union Station bus terminal, DC ," 2011).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 10, 2024

From the article: Libraries and librarians play such a crucial role in the well-being of our communities, and the Delaware public libraries are no exception. The Drumbrae Library in Scotland includes a day care facility (" Work begins on Drumbrae's new library, day care centre and youth cafe ," Guardian, 2011). Libros Book Club.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But the failures in planning extend beyond DC (" Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011). DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. Proposed Gatineau-Ottawa transit loop.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

AUGUST 22, 2019

In 2011, when I was approached by Elsevier about establishing the IJDRR, the first question was, "Is there a need for a new journal in this field?" The reason for mentioning this example is part of my response to an article that appeared in Times Higher Education (THE 2019).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The article offers recommendations including starting with smaller portions that you can finish. From the article: The past few months have been tough for many passengers using bus stations and curbside spots across the country. Bus transportation. Thanksgiving is a time of big travel. One overlooked segment is inter-city buses.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. The journal article " Making Cycling Irresistible ," inspired my own blog entry in 2008, " Ideas for Making Cycling Irresistible in DC." I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

From the article: Administration officials see the influx of workers as an economic boost and part of a broader effort to scale up critical health infrastructure in a place where life expectancy and health outcomes lag behind neighborhoods to the west.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2022

The author attributes Brookland's revitalization to President Garvey's efforts while I pointed out that the real estate development project he was inferring started at least 6 years before the president took office in 2011--the project starting delivering as he became president.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Rioting and looting occurred in London in 2011 and in Concepcion, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. It is likely to be polycentric (hoping that I am not taking too metropolitan view of the phenomenon). It may be therapeutic or it may be dysfunctional.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

From the article: The vision of the "Sunshine Corridor Program" would include a shared corridor between Brightline and SunRail which would allow SunRail to connect with Orlando International Airport, the Orange County Convention Center and Walt Disney World.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). I have found, in a variety of recent articles, the 10 to 15 percent range for housing price declines (i.e.,

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Article II, Section 24 of the state constitution excludes from the definition of a local act any “any bill to enact a general law classified by population or other criteria.” In 2013, the General Assembly took a similarly restrictive approach when it wanted to remedy what it viewed as a defective 2011 reappraisal in Mecklenburg County.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 11, 2025

From the Journal of Business Ethics article, " The Labyrinth of Corruption in the Construction Industry: A System Dynamics Model Based on 40 Years of Research ," : Abstract The academic literature has viewed drivers of corruption in isolation and, consequently, failed to examine their synergistic effect. No wonder corruption is so endemic.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

From the article: Surveying the 30-plus public gardens, arboretums, historical landscapes, and support groups that comprise Greater Philadelphia Gardens, consulting firm Econsult Solutions added up the digits and found an economic impact of $256 million a year, a big boon for the tourism industry. s Black arts scene ," Post ).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

21] In particular, see the report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, February 2011, [link] , and also specifically the testimony of Armando Falcon, who had been the head of an FHFA-predecessor regulatory agency (the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight or OFHEO) [link]. [22] 22] See the G-fee Report, pp.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

When I do searches for articles within the blog, I come across articles that remain in draft form, as I never got around to finishing them. So there is a current article in the Post (" Departing DC planner Harriet Tregoning hailed as 'forward-thinking public servant ") and a previous article in the City Paper (" Urbanista!:

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Lire cet article en français. SSC was created in 2011 to transform how the government manages and secures its IT infrastructure. SSC a été créé en 2011 pour transformer la façon dont le gouvernement gère et sécurise son infrastructure informatique. Enabling cloud for the government of Canada.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. it's no wonder I have written a lot about crime.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

There's an article, " ‘Sticky’ places are urban planning lifelines Shared spaces build community and are key to alleviating America’s loneliness epidemic. From the article: These spaces make people feel welcome, represented, and connected to their neighborhoods, and this, in turn, builds social connections between visitors.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 22, 2022

From the article: In the three months since Hurricane Ian struck Florida, the state’s fragile property insurance market has been teetering on the brink of collapse. The historic storm caused over $50 billion in damage , more than any disaster in U.S. So what's up for Texans this winter?

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Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With the assumption that other performance measurement and program evaluation lovers will be looking for results-oriented inspiration over the holidays, were now presenting our third installment of books (and a couple of journal articles) recommended by the many government performance experts who have enthusiastically shared their favorite book suggestions (..)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic. By focusing on key concepts that "I've developed" here's a list. Railroad passenger services and the Purple Line are separated out. The intra-district element undergirds my thinking about how to define the sustainable mobility platform. -- " Making the case for intra-city (vs.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Because we are unlikely to know the applicable rules until months after a disaster occurs, the remainder of this blog post will assume that local government disaster aid will be structured as loans (not grants and not forgivable loans) in order to avoid duplication of benefits issues.

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