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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 Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Klein assumed the leadership of BOI (formerly FIELD) in 2012, after working as a senior consultant since the program’s inception in 1998. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Press Release, Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. Community Development Impact and COVID Recovery Thoughts . Otting Resignation Announcement .

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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. During much of conservatorship (specifically 2012 to 2019), strangely, capital was depleted by design. See their press release. Also, the 0.10

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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

Shopping centers and other retail districts often use the same activation strategies as parks, libraries, and business districts as a way to attract patrons and keep them in their spaces longer (" Lifestyle centers: the mall is about the city ," Interni, " Lifestyle centers: reinvented communities or dressed-up shopping malls?

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Over the years, the nonprofit Good Food Market has opened stores in DC and Prince George's County (" Good Food Markets Open Location in Prince George’s County ," Washington Informer ), including in DC's Anacostia neighborhood (" Mayor Bowser Celebrates Grand Opening of Good Food Markets in Ward 8 ," press release).