Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

"), and that often means suburban locations where adjacent land is more easily acquired and controlled by the team, it was announced that Monumental Sports is negotiating with Virginia for a Potomac Yards location (" Lawmakers vote in favor of plan to bring Capitals, Wizards to Virginia ," Washington Post ). Flickr photo by Ken Lund.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s also often used in funding community projects; for example, participatory budgeting and tradeoff exercises can be used to engage the public in choosing everything from building elements of playgrounds and dog parks, to voting on the final designs for public art and mural projects.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 3, 2022

From the article: Fare evasion has worsened during the pandemic and is a visible reminder to riders of revenue Metro is not collecting — even as the agency calls on regional leaders to help with financial woes. From the article: Things are falling apart. Transit fare evasion in DC (and elsewhere). Or they’re not there at all.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 19, 2016

The article below ( County strategic plan under review ) was recently written by Krysta Martell and published by the Sherwood Park News. The Mayor’s Task Force on housing, they just reached out to so many more sectors of the public and. I’m mindful of our task forces. the task force on mature neighbourhoods.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

The Detroit News has an article, " 2 Detroit museums seek same financial lifeline DIA, zoo got ," about how two cultural institutions based in Detroit, but serving the metropolitan area, The Charles H. I am not sure it passed, because there is a vote in August on a property tax levy for the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

This article explains what you need to get started. IDEM – Clean Air Tip This site goes beyond the usual and shows you how to reduce your pollution contribution at the office and around the house. Tips for Clean Air at Home. Hybrid Miles One of the easiest ways to improve air quality is to drive a hyrbid car.

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The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Article by Meghna Pamula. Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. “Our 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

APRIL 5, 2024

After the last one I went to, I joked "we don't need to do one in Sugar House Park. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). presidential election.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2024

Georgia introduced a new way to create transportation districts, then expected people to vote up or down in less than a year (" Failure of the transit-roads sales tax measure in Metro Atlanta ," 2012). Let alone vote on it. An article about the aftermath in the Post , " Va. Sports Arena in Alexandria. That's 6 months!

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. It might well happen again with the bill allowing illegal immigrants and other noncitizens to vote in local elections.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 12, 2016

” He briefly outlines how the SOTU has evolved with advancing mediums and with an ever more discerning American public: Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution tells us this: The President “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.”. No small feat. Not a West Wing fan?

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Jodi Dean (2005) says that slacktivism results in post-politics: “Busy people can think they are active – the technology will act for them, alleviating their guilt while assuring them that nothing will change too much. […] By sending an e-mail, signing a petition, responding to an article on a blog, people can feel political. O’Hara (2010, p.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It's nice to see Democrats pick up the State House in Virginia and keep the Senate. I haven't been to Baltimore lately, but in a comment on an article I said the area around football stadiums tend to be bad, and someone countered "not Baltimore" with a casino and now additional attractions. Conclusion.

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