The City Fix

APRIL 12, 2023

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. In their previous role at the West Virginia Community Development Hub, Bennett worked as the primary statewide convener and advocate for land bank-based policies. in West Virginia.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 4, 2022

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 -- " Downtown Edmonton cultural facilities development as an example of "Transformational Projects Action Planning" ," 2018. The Bridges now. What's proposed, rendering with the park in place. "

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2003, when I was on the board of H Street Main Street, and advocating that the group create a housing growth strategy in its retail trade area, I suggested that the RFK parking lots, especially along Benning Road, should be converted to housing and mixed use development. Other areas too.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 15, 2023

. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 10, 2023

Agency Name: Administration for Community Living Description: The ADPI funding opportunity announcement (FOA) aims to support the development and expansion of dementia-capable home and community-based service (HCBS) systems in states and communities. Each entity can only hold one ADPI grant at a time.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As the Duke of Cornwall, the Prince led the development of Poundbury , a small community projected to have 6,000 residents when finished, built on traditional architecture and urban design principles. Main Square of Poundbury. Wikipedia photo. It will be interesting to see if Prince William continues these programs.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JULY 18, 2023

Supporting rural grocery stores has been a target of federal funding through the USDA’s Healthy Foods Financing Initiative (HFFI), first authorized in 2014. Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI). Source: Wikimedia Creative Commons, Accessed July 18, 2023.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Pittsburgh has an incredible history in community development. Those initiatives have influenced me greatly and taught me a lot. -- " Urban economic development strategies: do you invest in people or places? Ironically one of the influences is a program developed in Pennsylvania, called Elm Street.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Part 1: Conceptualising Cultural Quarters " ( Planning, Practice & Research, 18:4)," to music as a performing art in terms of developing "music as production" as opposed to "music as consumption." Owner Matt Vaughan founded West Seattle’s Easy Street Records during what he terms the “slacker era” of the late ’80s.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Born in the cloud Development of the CSP began in 2013 to provide a modern, single-family securitization infrastructure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Launching the CSP with AWS CSS worked closely with AWS from the outset of the CSP project launch in 2014. Plus, CSS realized $10.7

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Because Salt Lake is and was a small place, the west side was pretty close to Downtown, and so it didn't develop a set of independent commercial districts--which it needs to now, to build its own centers. Not exactly, but it's more a result of historical geography. And when you have parks and open space assets in your own neighborhoods.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Grand Opening for New Denver Union Station Bus Concourse, Designed by SOM ," SOM press release, 2014 When Greyhound was last up for sale, I suggested that Amtrak buy it (" Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound ," 2021). Although this rendering is more lively than the actual.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

Howard does have its bookstore on Georgia Avenue and they tried for a hotel and have worked on developing a town center there for a couple decades). Businesses developed out of university-based research. Faculty concentration as talent and an element of community development. 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).

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A Library Writer's Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

The “ITAL &” column is a non-peer-reviewed, featured column that focuses on ways in which the library’s role continues to expand and develop in the information technology landscape. Information Technology and Libraries Journal (ITAL) is seeking authors for a new column titled “ITAL &”. What cybersecurity implications arise?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2023

The site was originally approved for a mixed use development with 400+ apartments above, which would have generated more income, sales, and property tax revenues for the city. But with the recession, the developer wanted quick and easy money and sold the development rights to Walmart--a 75 year lease, with renewables.

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A Library Writer's Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

When cognitive load is surpassed, it can be much more difficult to process, encode, and retain new information (Paas and Ayres, 2014). 2 (June 1, 2014): 191–95. Cognitive load refers to the amount of information an individual is able to retain in their working memory at one time ( Sweller , 1988). Educational Psychology Review 26, no.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Established in 2014, we are a rapidly growing IT solutions company headquartered in London, UK with more than two decades of experience spanning across Retail, Telecom, Insurance, and Finance. I have worked in IT for over 22 years with broad experience in Software Development, Technical Consulting, Process Consulting and Project Management.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 16, 2024

The new system automates routine tasks and customizable workflows, providing HR professionals with more time to focus on strategic initiatives and employee development. The improved performance management system provides a solid foundation for ongoing development and improvement.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 2, 2022

It's why Friendship Heights in DC isn't doing so great retail-wise (" Friendship Heights and the production of retail decay ") and why DC can't really develop a strong retail center in the core. I do believe that basketball and hockey arenas should be located downtown and that they can contribute positively to economic development.

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Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

My education about this critical topic began in 2014, when the City of Denver hired me to plan and facilitate community input sessions on the city’s proposed climate action plan update. The new challenge is to encourage participation so that anyone with a few minutes to learn and provide input can become part of the decision-making process.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

A commitment to the development and production of a broad, comprehensive, visionary, and detailed revitalization plan/s (Bilbao, Hamburg, Liverpool); the creation of innovative and successful implementation organizations , with representatives from the public sector and private firms, to carry out the program.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The 2013–2014 Maryland School Readiness Report revealed that 94 percent of African American children were school-ready, compared to 52 percent in previous years, and the number of Hispanic children who were school-ready increased from 39 percent to 71 percent.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

From 2014 to 2021, Dawn led the CIA Directorate of Science and Technology, where she spearheaded the exploration and implementation of emerging technologies to serve missions, and led the organization’s first restructure in its 57-year history. Nadja currently serves on the boards of Johnson & Johnson, Nucor Corp., AmeriCares, and others.

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 24, 2023

Shortly after being founded in 2014, GoGuardian was serving more than 30,000 students. Product and engineering teams from GoGuardian and Google have experience working together on product integrations that support the development of next-generation educational applications in a cost-effective manner.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 7, 2023

School Walk and Bike Routes: A Guide for Planning and Improving Walk and Bike to School Options for Students , Washington State Department of Transportation -- Safe Routes to School program , Washington State Department of Transportation -- City of Tacoma SRTS program , including SRTS Action Plan.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2023

Multi-racial block parties were organized, a community association open to all was created, and eventually, a community development corporation was created which focused on improving properties, and developing new ones, including developing a portfolio of affordable housing which would always be affordable.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We need him to work with community advocates to pass citywide policies that prioritize low-income housing and opt the 2nd District into the mixed-income neighborhood overlay, which would require housing developers to ensure 20% of their units are affordable. -- " Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows (..)

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 26, 2021

The NYU Furman Center’s Local Housing Solutions is a one-stop housing policy platform with actionable resources and step-by-step guidance to help cities develop, implement, and monitor local housing strategies. That is why Local Housing Solutions developed the Housing Needs Assessment in partnership with PolicyMap.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 17, 2024

A big point I make with bicycling is that given the automobile dependency that's been fostered on the US given the predominate land use and transportation development paradigm, is that people have to be assisted in making the shift from driving to mostly bicycling. Ciclavia in December 2014. Building infrastructure isn't enough.

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A Library Writer's Blog

MAY 5, 2022

Digital storytelling is exemplified by the development of empowering personal and community-based narratives through openly-available digital media technologies. For instance, how do the six frames of the ACRL Framework, and related knowledge practices and dispositions inform the development of well-researched digital narratives?

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Google Public Sector

AUGUST 29, 2023

Recognizing the need to meet evolving demands and expectations, USPS launched the Informed Delivery email subscription service in 2014. The American public relies on the Postal Service™ (USPS®) for timely deliveries, particularly for crucial items like paychecks, medications, and other essential packages.

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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. Who Benefits from Nonprofit Economic Development?

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 26, 2024

Data provided by Duval County Property Appraiser and Vital Statistics Data showed that heirs’ properties in Jacksonville doubled in count between the years 2014 and 2023. In response to this growing issue, LISC partnered with local community development corporations to canvass door-to-door and host educational community workshops.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The last two of these were either not developed enough or were allowed to lapse. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The problem has been the abyss between planning, preparedness and practice. The plans were not connected to anything.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

This data presents both daily and monthly median projections, also known as “prospective simulation,” from 2015–2100 and includes retrospective simulation data from 1950 through 2014. Deploy infrastructure as code (IaC) using AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) with Python. Customer asset locations (in this example, a sample of U.S.

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Grants4Good

JUNE 17, 2023

I founded a nonprofit in 2014 and quickly became acquainted with the painstaking process of applying for grant funding. Over time, I developed hacks and systems to make myself more efficient, especially by organizing my boilerplate content in ways that allowed me to modularize my grant writing to reuse content blocks.

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