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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

The discussion of Equinox and Brooklyn Army Terminal also covers community building and camaraderie amongst the artists, sharing equipment and help depending on needs, organizing events, etc. Initially, he turned Equinox into a cooperative, with every tenant holding an ownership stake.

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New form of BTMFBA in San Francisco

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But it is something that a community development corporation tasked to serve the arts and culture community can do. Obviously, that's not something you can expect an individual artist to be able to do.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

There is an educational television program I saw over the weekend, " Towns in Tune ," featuring two communities, one in Canada, one in the US. 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. Arts Initiative.

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Why Strathcona County Council & Administration have Embraced Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

Together, these form the guiding documents for governance, community development, infrastructure and service delivery when our county’s 19 departments develop annual and multi-year business plans, uniquely designed to align with the Corporate Business Plan, against which their success will be monitored and measured.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

2 The report came about at a time when the FHLBs have been increasingly criticized for neglecting their housing and community development mission and instead using their subsidies and privileges to benefit their financial institution owners and executives. 24 Excessive executive compensation.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

| Part 2: Implementation Approach and Levers " -- " Better leveraging higher education institutions in cities and counties: Greensboro; Spokane; Mesa; Phoenix; Montgomery County, Maryland; Washington, DC ," 2016 -- " Naturally occurring innovation districts | Technology districts and the tech sector ," 2014 Design -- " City branding versus identity (..)

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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

Leaving other revenues from television and other sources untouched--although the team points out its minor league and Latin American operations are paid for out of those sources too. The analysis finds that the team doesn't spend much more on payroll than it makes from ticket and concession sales.