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Univ. of Pittsburgh Athletics use AWS to unlock data insights for every step of the fan journey

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 1914, they fielded a women’s varsity basketball team, six years before women had the right to vote. “We The new business insights have allowed them to transition their sales roles in-house, saving money even after bringing on additional analytics talent. Read related stories on the AWS Public Sector Blog: St.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

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. Clean Energy Fuels One of the last ways we vote is with our dollar, so learn about the companies that run their delivery trucks using clean fuels. Let us count the ways!

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

When I do searches for articles within the blog, I come across articles that remain in draft form, as I never got around to finishing them. DC's core is comprised of rowhouses and apartment buildings, while the outer city is a mix of attached and detached single family housing and clusters of apartments, especially on arterials.

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Very soon into my writing, before the blog, a bunch of DC cultural institutions failed, so this became an ongoing topic. This entry became very long, so I broke it up. I got tired of reading over and over of the displacement of arts groups and the like. It's not a matter of not knowing what to do, but how to get support and to pay for it.

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Good quote on arenas and stadiums as "performing arts centers" attractions for cities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Plus the NFL team wants a new stadium and Mayor Bowser of DC would like to waste money attracting them back to DC (" House passes bipartisan bill to let D.C. redevelop RFK Stadium site ," Washington Post ). I'm not sure I agree. The AAC cost $420 million to build, and it opened in October of 2001. Thirty years and she’s done.”

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DC's crime bill overturned by Congress

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- " 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.