Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

Cities cost money to operate. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc. Building a local economy -- I say there is a difference between building a local economy and economic development. Community building versus revitalization.

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Economic Development Development Parks And Recreation Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

I started reading Crain's Detroit Business and both Warren--home to GM's technical engineering operations, and Livonia--primarily a community of residential housing, are both either developing or considering the development of downtowns. -- " Warren resurrects plans to develop a downtown " -- " Livonia wants to build a downtown.

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Housing Economic Development Development Operations 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Often, city arts functions are part of the "economic development" cluster of city agencies. For example, Arts Councils probably need to add some economic development planners. Surprisingly the small community has access to a ton of money, through the generosity of Darla Moore, a hedge fund operator, who grew up there.

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Economic Development Housing Development Community Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 14, 2024

Pullman was an industrial community, known for being the home of the Pullman railcar operation, which finally went kaput in 1955, although it manufactured cars elsewhere into the 1980s, and was later absorbed by Bombardier. From a publicity brochure published by the Pullman Company. National Monument.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Housing Elected Officials Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

Linda Hodges Gallery, whose owner is retiring, and CoCA, which will be operating online only for a while, are among a number of high-profile Pioneer Square galleries that have closed their brick-and-mortar spaces in recent years.

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Economic Development Operations Development Nonprofit 52

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The City of Kenmore, Washington was the second organization to implement PBB, along with the City of Bainbridge Island , and both have been practitioners since 2013. Where Kenmore particularly stands out, is in their commitment to apply PBB not only to their ongoing operations, but to their capital projects as well.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Parks And Recreation Transportation Social Media 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Over the past twenty years a set of institutionalized funding relationships developed in which nonprofit organizations in the forms of private philanthropic foundations and “friends of” charities formed and now raise increasingly large share of revenues to help pay for public services.

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Nonprofit Government Fundraising Economic Development 40