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A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing: GGW criticism of consulting team retained to write the next iteration of the city's preservation plan (helped me to articulate the 21st century narrative in favor of historic preservation)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Good books on the subject include Changing Places (out of print) and Cities: Back from the Edge. That by selecting certain areas to preserve, it says others aren't worth preserving, part of the argument of the book History of Urban Places.

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PERFORMANCE READER’S GUIDE (Part 3)

Barrett & Greene

The recommendations below start with three books with outlooks that extend beyond government. These are followed by others that are more directly targeted at the public sector, ending with a couple of non-book offerings. Enjoy and have a pleasant holiday. Michael Lewis, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game , W.W.

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The "nonprofit industrial complex," city government and service delivery

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Yet to be confirmed is how much of the $900,000 was disbursed to the grantee and spent on the purposes for which it was intended or returned to the city.

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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill and the Future of Community Development

Next City

In that time, I’ve published more than 600 stories and my first book. Since 2011, Oscar has covered community development finance, impact investing, economic development, housing and more for media outlets such as Shelterforce, Impact Alpha, Yes! No Se Vende This July marks a decade of me working with Next City.

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Welcome Your Advice on the Second Edition!

Human Transit

A lot has obviously happened in the history of public transit since book came out in 2011, including real things like the pandemic, unreal things like the hyperloop , and some things that are real but overhyped, like microtransit. How to recognize when a network needs redesign, and how to think about that.

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CFP: Book About Teaching with Digital Storytelling

A Library Writer's Blog

CFP URL: [link] CALL FOR CHAPTERS We are seeking chapter proposals for a book entitled Teaching Digital Storytelling: Inspiring Voices Through Online Narratives that will be edited by Dr. Sheila Marie Aird and Dr. Thomas P. This new book will be published in fall 2023 for the Innovations in Information Literacy series edited by Trudi E.

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2021 reading list and commentary

Librarian.net

I started and finished 115 books. One more book got added to my best in show category: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson, though I felt like I read a lot of good books this year. Here are stats for the books that I finished. ebook to book ratio: 63:52. Here are stats for the books that I finished.

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