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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see: -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Five | Planning for Public Art as an element of park facilities " -- " Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program " Murals as community building: Philadelphia. Can murals be a gateway to a more developed revitalization program?

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Creative Placemaking in Loíza, Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

In 2016, the government shuttered a large number of public schools across Puerto Rico, leaving hundreds of vacant school buildings as a result. Still other spaces in development: it will be the site of a future Bomba dance studio. The Loíza fellows all shared the importance of cultural preservation.

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: THE TYPICAL TRAJECTORY for an urban arts community goes something like this: A couple of creative types set up shop in a neighborhood bypassed by development. Mycella Collective. The buildings might be run down, but rents are cheap, and more artists follow. Magic ensues for a few years.

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Follow up: arenas and stadiums as "performing arts centers" attractions for cities: experience versus retail

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

He was very clear about the point of the arena being developing the area around the arena, which has resulted in over $3 billion in new development over about 25 years. It's also another lesson about planning and development. That's pretty amazing. This relates to my lesson about such facilities.

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Episode 70: CRA Services: If It’s Not Documented, It Didn’t Happen

CRA Today

Here, I share her journey and tips to document community development activities. When it comes to community development services documentation, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Many of our bankers will use various annual reports, tax returns, and even websites to gather the information they need.

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New form of BTMFBA in San Francisco

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

"Buy the Mother F Building Already" is a series of entries about best practice and worst practice in buying, holding, and developing properties for arts and culture related uses. My lament was the lack of systematic, community-wide initiatives to buy, hold, develop and preserve properties for arts and culture related uses.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ "). Economic Development hype versus building the local economy. But it would have to be built into the experience. That would add some money to the till.