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How Mexico took on the soda industry and won, passing a soda tax: An interview with Tina Rosenberg, New York Times and Solutions Journalism Network – Episode #106

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

Even so, in 2013, Mexico’s congress was able to successfully pass a nationwide one-peso-per-litre (about 10%) tax on sugary drinks, over the opposition of the soda industry. One was a smart media campaign by the Nutritional Health Alliance in Mexico to raise awareness about the impact of soda. How did it happen?

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Amanda Browders Spectral Locus, 2016, included in ArtPrizes Project 1 biennial. Leimert Park is decently organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area. Photo: Tom Loonan/Project 1. Last year, they had over 700,000 attendees at 50 events.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Campaigns, especially focused on workers and the multiunit buildings, are in order. Intra-district shuttle systems Item # 5 in " Creating a Silver Spring "Sustainable Mobility District" | Part 2: Program items 1 - 9 ," discusses how to implement an integrated parking-shuttle system in Silver Spring, Maryland. Above: Multiplicity bus.

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July 2023 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

As announced earlier, InfoPath Client 2013 will reach the end of its extended support period on July 14, 2026 ( link ), and to keep an aligned experience across Microsoft products, InfoPath Forms Service will be retired from SharePoint Online. will require users to do number matching after May 2023.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see " A National Mall-focused heritage (replica) streetcar service to serve visitors is a way bigger idea than a parking garage under the Mall ," 2013. But the district is well organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area.

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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. Unkempt areas aren't places where people want to live (" Updating the post The "soft side" of commercial district revitalization ," 2006/2016). I haven't written about this being discussed in a number of places like DC (" D.C. People don't want to live in fear.