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Querying the Daylight OpenStreetMap Distribution with Amazon Athena

AWS Public Sector Blog

Note the higher densities in Nepal, Indonesia, and Eastern Africa as well — these regions have been the focus of numerous humanitarian mapping campaigns. We can also use a geographic bounding box in Athena to be more precise and perform actual geospatial operations. 2,730 2015-01-02 301.42 5,558 2015-01-03 146.77

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What Should You Be Doing: Fundraising or Pursuing Grant Money?

Peak Proposals

, you have three primary options for raising funds: 1) you can solicit donations from individuals, 2) you can submit proposals to foundations and government agencies to receive grant funding, or 3) you can hold fundraising campaigns and community events to collect donations. a specific program or general operating expenses).

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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 Operating safely isn’t a choice. 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

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. 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. Arts Initiative.

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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

The Economic Impact of Local Parks: An Examination of the Economic Impacts of Operations and Capital Spending on the United States Economy , National Recreation and Parks Association). Maybe the National Park Service Urban Agenda: A call to action initiative (2015) can help facilitate this, but I am not holding my breath. Another link.

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The Road Not Taken | a response to a letter to the editor in the Washington Post about DC, traffic deaths and traffic safety

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety.

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The GSEs and the Incoming Trump Administration: Part 1 of 2 – Answering Ten Key Questions About Conservatorship Exit

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In addition to those needed to fulfill campaign promises, various interest groups are advocating to add to that list, including calls to prioritize having Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two large government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) [1] , exit their 16-year-long conservatorships. Or would there be any such support at all?