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Three ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month | reprint with an addition about the US Civil Rights Trail (versus the Dixieland Trail)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

How about a month long "Doors Open" event during Black History Month. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide. 2011 Doors Open Toronto Guide ) But Open House New York Weekend is increasingly a big deal. Just think how much stronger and more powerful these trails could be linked up as part of a broader system.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. Sugar House has some on Highland Drive, by Fairmont Park on 900 East, is adding more cycle tracks on 1300 East and other streets.

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Transforming Cleveland Vacant Lots into an Urban Farm

Center for Community Progress

Drive 15 minutes southeast from the heart of downtown Cleveland and you’ll find an unexpected sight: a working urban farm, complete with a burgeoning fruit orchard, chicken coop, and hoop houses. The house is the “ de facto second, third, and fourth responder serving the impoverished residents of the Mt.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

alongside affordable housing and commercial space, and adaptable buildings--in how it discusses the primacy of West Seattle as the anchor of the rock music ecosystem in Seattle. From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.”

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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2022 Sammies gala

Partnership for Public Service

For many, the event is a single night of celebration—something often referred to as the “Oscars of government service.” Meet the people who worked behind the scenes to make the Sammies gala happen and hear what made the event special to them. Before and during the event, our team worked around the clock to plan the Sammies gala.

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GEJET - Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (and Nuclear Release) - Tenth Anniversary

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The tsunami museum at Rikusentakata, seen from atop the coastal tsunami barrier across the land that was devastated by the waves in March 2011 Thursday 11 th March 2021 was the tenth anniversary of the Japanese triple disaster: earthquake, tsunami and radiation release. People who lost their homes had to live in transitional houses only 28.5

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Emergency Home Repair Loans: Local Government as Financial Bridge

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In non-emergency situations, local government housing loans are authorized “only when the planning, construction, and financing of residential housing is not otherwise available to ‘persons and families of low income’” due to “the inability of private enterprise and investment, without assistance, to meet that need.”