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4 Lessons to Guide Cities in Wastewater Monitoring Efforts

NLC (National League of Cities)

Throughout 2024, the National League of Cities (NLC) organized workshops in Dallas County, TX, Laredo, TX, and Wayne County, MI, to help communities strengthen their capacity for wastewater monitoring.

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Disorder | Fare evaders at Columbia Heights Metrorail Station, Washington, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

leading to jump in fines ," Post , 2024). Council decriminalizes Metro fare evasion: ‘I’m sad that’s Metro’s losing money, but I’m more sad about what’s happening to black people.’ ," Washington Post , 2018, " Metro cracks down on fare evasion in D.C., Viewed this way, disorder and crime are manifestations of the same phenomenon.

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Transit safety and security: Broken Windows theory and reality | and the state of transit safety today

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune published a series on how to improve public safety on the light rail network in Greater Minneapolis: -- " Systemic insecurity: Saving Twin Cities light rail " -- " The safety-first effort in St. By spring 2024, the first four stations should be complete.

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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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Elections

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The election results seem to reduce that likelihood significantly. The casino referendum lost again, even though it had the support of most elected officials and stakeholders like unions and the NAACP (" Richmond voters reject a casino for the second time ," NBC12). Richmond, Virginia.