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Revisiting the need for comprehensive transportation planning at the metropolitan and regional scales | For profit services, and White's Ferry, Montgomery and Loudoun Counties

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Mostly, a master plan only covers what the government controls or operates, and usually ignores for profit services, and often, franchised services. But it's a demonstration of a quirk in planning generally and transportation planning specifically. The point of planning is to be proactive, not reactive.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Council has lost confidence in the Montgomery County Planning Board and accepted these resignations to reset operations,” said Montgomery council president Gabe Albornoz (D-At Large). “We Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's not in operation because of covid but there is a miniature railroad park, S&S Shoreline Railroad, abutting the trail in Farmington. In the section I rode, from Layton to Parrish Lane in Centerville, there were no trailheads. No signage for park connections abutting the trail. They did have a sign. But none of the local parks did.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Pedestrian advocacy organizations like Feet First in Seattle have provided a great deal of support to Walk to School efforts. A fund for small projects should be created for each ward, and the Participatory Budgeting process should be used to allocate funds (" An update on Participatory Budgeting practice in New York City ," 2018).

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Manufactured Housing Is a Good Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing - Except When It’s Not: Q&A on Eight Key Policy Topics (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

6 ) Nevertheless, all newly built MH units, even those with the very low cost, meet the building standards established by HUD, including energy efficiency (which leads to lower monthly operating costs). Nevertheless, the advocacy I have found with respect to MH demonstrates some confusion regarding this fundamental. percent per year.

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On Demand Webinar from UNC’s Tax Center on State Response to the Pandemic

Death and Taxes

Joe served COST as chief operating officer & senior director, policy. In addition to his operational responsibilities, Joe managed COST’s advocacy program and regularly testified before state legislatures and other state and national policy-making bodies.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

percent average G-fee in 2021, about one-third represents items such as operating expenses and loan losses, i.e., things other than the return on capital, and the other two-thirds the needed capital return – or a split (with some rounding) of about 0.15 Of the current 0.46 percent versus 0.30 31 Increasing the 0.30 percentage points.