Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

Reinvestment Fund conducted Market Value Analyses for the City of Bethlehem (2018) and Northampton County (2019) to support data-driven blight prevention and remediation plans. The plan for Bethlehem, which straddles both Northampton and Lehigh Counties, won the 2018 Lehigh Valley Award for Plan or Policy.

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Democratic backsliding is the state-led debilitation or elimination of the institutions sustaining democracy. Freedom House” gathers data on democracy across the world, broken down into different indicators including rule of law, electoral process, political rights, and civil liberties.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

There are three bus stops--no shelters--alongside Sugar House Park for which I am on the board, and I hope that we work with the Utah Transit Authority to put shelters in, and at at least two of the locations, to incorporate greenery. And not providing a shelter doesn't work out so great in the winter either.

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Public Transportation Outreach Transportation Sustainability 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.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. Filling sandbags at Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. Ward Halls/Democracy House. London has a similar grants program for sustainable mobility improvements.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Note that the original PL series on Silver Spring did discuss an intra core shuttle system to complement their parking structures and to allow for converting Fenton Avenue to a sustainable mobility corridor. But I didn't extend this tertiary transit concept to the transit sheds of other PL stations.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Just like DC's public housing fiasco, where 25% of the units are uninhabitable, the massive failures of Metrorail could have been avoided through the execution of sound management, accountability systems, and constant, ongoing oversight. And that the WMATA Board should be elected.)

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 22, 2024

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc.--should The goal is to ensure a sustainable community for future generations through participation in democratic processes.

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Parks And Recreation Engagement Urban Planning Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

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., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?);

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The City Fix

JUNE 26, 2023

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Previously, he served as Director of Resource Development and Public Affairs for Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland providing fund development and policy leadership. CRA Partners is a turnkey CRA compliance program powered by the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation. EIG Opportunity Zone Program Overview.

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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. Other cities have differently named similar organizations.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses." Kerslake, B.

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Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

We started reviewing the revenue structures of all municipalities in Florida from 2008 to 2018, considering recession exerts different impacts on each revenue source. Although the residential housing market continues to be hot, the commercial property might be a concern in the future as a result of the possible working modality change.

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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 1978 the architect Ian Davis published a small book entitled Shelter After Disaster , [iv] which included a number of well-chosen exposés of post-disaster housing as architectural fantasy rather than useful dwelling place. doi: 10.1108/DPM-08-2018-0263 Disasters 34(S3): S444-S463. [ii] ii] Farmer, Paul 2012. iii] Abrahams, D.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Later I summarized it as building better housing for low income residents was important but not the way to improve the local microeconomy. From " Revitalization planning vs. positive thinking* as planning ," (2018) and " Helping Government Learn ," (2009). I happened across the book by Everett Rogers when I was in college.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Sustainable mobility platform : this builds off transit to include urban design and multiple modes. It's due for a re-codification, as the comments are replete with additions. -- " Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Platform Framework ," (2018) 8. I have more than 1,000 entries on this topic.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 24, 2023

Now the Intermodal Center just houses intercity bus services. -- Rio Grande Plan The plan proposes a tunnel to redirect the railroad passenger services back to the station, as well as a rerouting of the Trax Green Line, with railroad service in a tunnel behind the station and light rail service in front of the station.

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Transportation Economic Development Sustainability Elected Officials 52

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The injuries must not have been sustained in a combat zone. All three claims were barred since the Court implied from the FTCA's purpose that Congress intended to not waive sovereign immunity for suits by military members for injuries sustained incident to military service. However, there are limitations. United States , 889 F.3d

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