Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 9, 2022

To prevent a “climate catastrophe,” the focus of local, regional, national, and international government leaders has been to keep temperature rise in check – no more than 2.0°C Still, for all of local government’s well-intentioned urgency in goal-setting and planning for climate action, leaders must fortify their commitment with resources.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Elected Officials Local Government Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Or from Urban Regime theory: An urban regime can be preliminarily defined as the informal arrangements through which a locality is governed (Stone 1989). Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Housing Development Community Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

The parents have been hyper about speeding cars, and the neighborhood and our District 6 Councilmember is more concerned about traffic safety these days because a nearby elementary school had a traffic fatality last year (" Yard sign, Person running for District Six Council in Salt Lake using traffic safety as a campaign issue ," 2023).

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Communications Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Screenshot, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership marketing campaign, 2009. The Ontario government is set to announce its $44 million contribution for the new school on Friday morning, a partnership between the province, Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Menkes Developments. just east of Yonge St., the Star has learned.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52

Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 22, 2022

Although it started back in 1999 it really came to people’s consciousness back in 2017 with the WannaCry attack that impacted the NHS. I think there’s already some work going on in the US government for that, starting with federal agencies. Is the government doing enough to support the NHS? How else could the government help?

Education 75

Education Government Security Management 75

Bang the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Taking the perspectives of tenants on board is increasingly necessary, particularly since the Grenfell disaster in the UK in 2017. The British government’s social housing white paper makes some attempts to rectify these concerns. We all have a right to shelter, but do we also have the right to have our voices heard?

Housing 40

Housing Engagement Social Media Communications 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 26, 2022

A recent upload in my photo feed was from last fall, and showed a public art campaign posted on a trash can in Times Square, where the public spaces are managed by the Times Square Alliance business improvement district. Times Square in 2017. More about this later.) A much emptier Times Square. Photo: Gary Hershorn, Getty Images.

Sanitation 52

Sanitation Public Safety Management Outreach 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

For example, the securities brokerage industry in 1975 was barred from setting prices as a cartel, as it long had; airline fares were deregulated by the government in 1978; and bank deposit interest rates underwent complete deregulation in phases from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. 15 Credit reports.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 101

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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 the University has successful raised billions since. It begins with “What do we want Metro to be?”

Transportation 52

Transportation Social Media Fundraising Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 16, 2025

Our country is too divided to be able to make necessary changes to government structure, like the small state bias of the Senate and the existence of the Electoral College versus the popular vote for deciding the winner of the Presidential election. Actually this is true at all levels of government. They don't like oversight.

Laws 52

Laws Voting Elected Officials Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A Republican won the governorship in 2021 and that was a shock although Ralph Youngkin ran a better campaign than former Governor Terry McAuliffe along with lower Democratic turnout. In the 2017 and 2019 elections, I thought Democratic wins in Virginia presaged a lot more. In blue and "mixed" states, governance matters.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Campaign Housing Public Safety 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

But when a concerted organizing campaign was developed, she was chosen to be the face. Despite DC being run by the federal government, mostly under the oversight of racist Southern Congressman, the city's transit system was not segregated (" Black activists' post-emancipation battle for D.C.'s Ferguson ," book review).

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Laws Campaign 52