Barrett & Greene

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Though this may be short sighted, we can certainly understand that there's pressure to use limited resources on direct services, like sanitation, pot-hole filling or public safety. It's a simple equation: Clean up the potholes and it’ll help you get re-elected. percent in 2020 to 5.2 percent in 2021.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

One of my earliest pieces " Town-City branding or "We are all destination managers now" " (2005) was later expanded into the concept of a city's elected officials and stakeholders are its brand managers in commercial district revitalization framework plans I wrote in 2008 for Cambridge, Maryland, and Brunswick, Georgia.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the 2017 and 2019 elections, I thought Democratic wins in Virginia presaged a lot more. While Biden won in 2020, the rest of the ballot didn't do so well for Democrats. Youngkin was a big time private equity guy before his election, like Mitt Romney. The election results seem to reduce that likelihood significantly.

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