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WHEN CORRUPTION HITS SMALL CITIES

Barrett & Greene

That was all about a $53 million embezzlement that occurred over many years by the Dixon, Illinois comptroller, who worked in that small city (population currently about 15,000) from 1983 until her indictment in 2012. Apparently, no town is too small to be hit by corruption. Leiden, Massachusetts has a population of under 800.

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CRA Today

By purchasing a portion of loans made by a CDFI to historically underserved entrepreneurs, CornerSquare will enable the participating CDFIs to increase their lending capacity with their existing capital, ultimately expanding their reach and support to more small businesses in their operating areas. Brett earned a joint B.A.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Specifically: Freddie Mac's earnings press release for full year 2019 (but not since) disclosed that the CCF required, on average during that year, was $52 billion. percent, which is what they received to cover their operating costs, losses, income taxes, and a return on the capital that supported the risk they were taking.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Four | Seasonality, Activation and Public Art as an element of facilities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Bentway in Toronto (" The Bentway makes magic in a hostile urban space ," Toronto Star ) and the Underline in Miami are parks created under freeways, and the Bentway especially is actively programmed, especially with its winter ice ribbon. Campus Martius beach. They are often strongly branded.

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Grocery stores in cities: the failure of the "15 minute grocery store"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They operate a number of regularly sized stores outside of Salt Lake City proper. Last fall, less than two years after opening, a small grocery store closed in the Marmalade district of Salt Lake, on the city's near westside (" Lee’s Market to close its 400 West location in Salt Lake City on Friday ," Salt Lake Tribune ).