Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2024

I really like how the poster mis-states the original intention for the site, and of course, positions the use as a "giveaway to developers." Those buildings would create 273 units of housing, some of which would have replaced the existing 174 units at Park Morton while it undergoes redevelopment. s development team.

Housing 52

Housing Development Advocacy Engagement 52

The Whistle Post

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It is located in the community center of Elm City Communities’ Mill River Crossing housing complex. A national organization dedicated to helping prepare women for the workforce with professional attire and career development is now partnering with New Haven’s housing authority.

Housing 52

Housing Operations Security Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Can murals be a gateway to a more developed revitalization program? 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. The Drury students came up with the idea for the House of Art(s).

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Housing Development Community Development 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

To address this, icometrix developed a machine learning (ML)-based analysis pipeline. By 2015, however, icometrix noticed that these ML-based pipelines were reaching their limits regarding accuracy of the measurements and computation time. A new pipeline was developed using a hybrid approach.

Management 162

Management Housing Development Operations 162

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ).

Housing 52

Housing Government Elected Officials Leadership 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Vacant house and lots in the Larimer neighborhood. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an article, " Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods pay the price for abandoned and decrepit homes ," about how Pittsburgh's lower income neighborhoods suffer from serious housing disinvestment. Better off segments have the money to maintain aging houses.

Housing 52

Housing Community Development Development Economic Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2024

I wrote about this 10 years ago (" Beyond matter of right: incentivizing preferred types of development "). It's because of Real Estate Investment Trusts (" Problematic outcomes as real estate investment trusts buy more "high street" retail real estate ," 2015). Some specialize in drug store properties.

Housing 52

Housing Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. Coordinating Parking/Developing a shared parking scenario One of the big problems with capitalism is every property does its own thing.

Transportation 96

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing 96

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 17, 2021

The NYU Furman Center analyzed several housing indicators to gain deeper insight into the initial impacts of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA). This will help to create a more detailed understanding of COVID-19’s impact on multifamily rental housing as well.

Housing 52

Housing Laws Regulations Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. Or some housing on top of retail. Not mixed commercial use. Lawrence ," case study). Rec-reating Downtown.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Marimba Milliones is president and CEO of the Hill Community Development Corporation. At one time, it was proposed a new sports arena would be built there, but instead other development plans are moving forward. Owners-developers oppose ticket or parking taxes saying it will reduce patronage. Wikipedia photo.

Development 52

Development Community Development Implementation Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 25, 2022

I've written so much about how Prince George's County, Maryland has been handed so many opportunities to reposition the county around transit oriented development, yet they've failed to take advantage of the opportunities time and time again. Gensler/Urban Atlantic). And it is a part of #12 in the action points list in the 2014 piece.

Development 52

Development Transportation Housing Management 52

Google Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

Army Medical Command from 2015 to 2019, where, among other duties, she provided advice and guidance to the Army Chief of Staff on all Army healthcare matters. Air Force, where she oversaw the development of a new science and technology strategy for the branch. Nadja West is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general.

Public Sector 102

Public Sector Leadership Education Operations 102

GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

“I used to say that people went to an Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles office with a box lunch and a copy of ‘War and Peace’ and hoped not to finish both of them before somebody noticed they were there,” Daniels said in a 2015 interview with Reason magazine. In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds.

Constituents 98

Constituents Engagement Housing Management 98

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ").

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Campaign Engagement Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 14, 2024

The effort was sparked by Park Bank, a locally focused community bank (" It shouldn't be a surprise that big banks are more comfortable dealing with large businesses | Community banking "), and its community development corporation which was doing a lot of housing rehabilitation. NPS Photo/Stephanie Schneider. National Monument.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Housing Elected Officials Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 15, 2024

That's pretty close to us, and Sugar House is where Sugar House Park is, where I'm on the board. There was an ice cream manufacturing plant, now slated for housing. But overall since the region's development paradigm is sprawl, drive ins are huge. Salt Lake. Needless to say, the local business advocacy group didn't agree.

Housing 52

Housing Advocacy Development Community Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 20, 2024

I've written about DC's waste practices for years (" More on zero waste practice and DC ," 2015). Why so long, so obtuse, about developing a yard waste diversion program? Detached housing neighborhoods tend to generate a lot more yard waste than rowhouse neighborhoods. It's boutique, not substantive.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Sanitation Housing Public Works 52

Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 29, 2023

Drive 15 minutes southeast from the heart of downtown Cleveland and you’ll find an unexpected sight: a working urban farm, complete with a burgeoning fruit orchard, chicken coop, and hoop houses. The house is the “ de facto second, third, and fourth responder serving the impoverished residents of the Mt.

Housing 52

Housing Stewardship Accountability Education 52

GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2023

But in 2015, VA set up the Veterans Experience Office to begin to address the way veterans’ needs were met. What began as an effort to smooth the journey among offices and programs within VA is being extended to other federal departments that also affect veterans, such as Defense, Housing and Urban Development, and Education.

Constituents 65

Constituents Government Agency Operations Government 65

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

TPAPs should be implemented at multiple scales: (1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g.,

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Transportation Government 52

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.)

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Development Economic Development Voting 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

This forces less high value uses out of the city, counter to the Jane Jacobs point that cities need "a large stock of old buildings" -- based on the assumption of lower rents -- to support the development of innovative uses, and lower value uses that add to the diversity of a city (like a sewing machine repair shop).

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Advocacy Housing 52

Center for Community Progress

MAY 6, 2022

Especially in weaker markets, many investors have left the properties vacant, where they continue to hold back local housing markets. Over its history, NCST has facilitated REO sales on behalf of the Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and a number of large banks and mortgage servicers. percent overall.

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Housing Development 52

Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Public sector leaders from local governments all the way to the White House have celebrated the use of evidence in practice, and many are building the infrastructure to infuse data into day-to-day operations. And governments have responded. For those of us who sit at the intersection of research and policy, this has been a noticeable shift.

Public Sector 52

Public Sector Public Policy Local Government Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2023

But a failure to keep renewing the space, a fall off in tourism after the Freddie Gray riots in 2015, and the unfortunate occurrence of a lousy property manager buying the complex combined to drive it into ruin. Have an advisory committee with developers and key organizations. Instead of a task force. Have a public process.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Housing Development 52

Center for Community Progress

MAY 24, 2022

Their existing initiatives include the Sankofa District, a stretch of Salina Street that was rebranded by the city in 2015 to pay respect to those displaced from the historically Black 15th Ward, as well as the Salt City Market and Westside Gateway Projects. The Syracuse fellows are: Patrona Jones?Rowser

Stewardship 52

Stewardship Grassroots Urban Planning Leadership 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

All to the good, I was surprised to see that more than a handful of houses have gates so they can access the trail, some with elaborate connections because of grade. There were incursions onto the corridor from some houses but it was pretty rare--some bad, but many would be considered acceptable--growing stuff, art works, etc.

Transportation 52

Transportation Advocacy Sustainability Coordinator 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

This report—produced by the NYU Furman Center and the Urban Institute’s Housing Justice team—uses a mix of public and proprietary data to better understand where those vulnerabilities might lie in New York City. 6 At the same time, the City’s Zoning Resolution (ZR) continues to evolve in response to housing needs.

Outreach 59

Outreach Housing Laws Development 59

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Main Street commercial district revitalization practice grew out of HP and a desire to save "old buildings" in the face of the development of shopping centers, chain retail, and broken microeconomies. Very soon into my writing, before the blog, a bunch of DC cultural institutions failed, so this became an ongoing topic.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2023

Increases in housing density in the decade leading up to the study period (more units mean low-income people have a place to live even as higher-income people move into the neighborhood); and 8. The presence of community-building organizations (which can put up housing and strengthen social ties) Discussion. how about Waverly etc.

Housing 52

Housing Economic Development Development Community Development 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

The average guarantee fee (G-fee) of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), who currently finance about half of the nearly $13 trillion of outstanding first-lien single-family mortgages in the country, 1 is among the most closely-watched numbers by housing finance policymakers and the mortgage lending industry.

Press Release 52

Press Release Housing Regulations Implementation 52

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

122, 137–38 (2015) (internal citations, quotation marks, and punctuation omitted). 122 (2015)); loans for persons of low and moderate income to acquire housing ( In Re Denial of Approval of Bonds , 307 N.C. State , 368 N.C. State , 368 N.C. Additionally, G.S. Note that G.S. 153A-149 (among other things, G.S. 160A-456 and G.S.

Social Services 63

Social Services Laws Supervision Community Development 63

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. The third is preserving housing. Who wants to hang out by a freeway? There just aren't that many jobs. And my park is 110.5

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

American City & Country

AUGUST 19, 2024

Few of the smaller towns and villages along the Choptank have paid staff, and even many of the larger ones lack in-house expertise on water-related issues. Envision the Choptank was founded in 2015 to help solve that problem. In those roles, Greene connected Envision to Jonestown.

Engagement 86

Engagement Community Engagement Cultivation Nonprofit 86

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

That means that decision-making on land use and zoning, business issues, infrastructure development (roads, sewers, water, utilities, transit), technology (broadband Internet, etc.), Suburban – or so-called "edge" cities – are developing cultural infrastructure that, if not necessarily on par with what is downtown, is bound to impress.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Public Safety Management Housing 52

Center for Community Progress

JULY 22, 2024

Speculators and developers can exploit vulnerable or disinterested heirs to gain an interest in the property and force property sales through a “partition” action, often acquiring the property for a fraction of its value and depriving families of both property and wealth associated with the land.

Local Government 90

Local Government Laws Supervision Education 90