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Modeled after the NC Rural Center’s Loan Participation Program , CornerSquare Community Capital will be a long-term, sustainable solution to support CDFIs working with small businesses at the local level. Klein assumed the leadership of BOI (formerly FIELD) in 2012, after working as a senior consultant since the program’s inception in 1998.

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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

Another popular activity is what is called Open Streets, where streets are closed for the day (sometimes in a park like Rock Creek in DC/Maryland, for the weekend) in favor of sustainable mobility and other activities. Open Streets Minneapolis Ciclavia, Los Angeles Times photo.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It was undercapitalized and didn't have enough business to sustain the slow period of growth associated with opening. Last year, an independent community grocery store closed on the Westside of Oakland (" Why West Oakland’s only full-service grocery store closed after less than 3 years ," Oaklandside). Photo: Michelle Gomez, DCist/WAMU-NPR.