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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

Even though the Office of Planning made a reasonable proposal which would only increase height by 25% (I think it could have been higher), the City Council did not vote in favor of considering a change.

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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

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Given the significant political shifts in the UK, USA, and Europe, alongside the fallout from the Indigenous Voice to Parliament vote in Australia over the past year, we believe that diversity in community engagement will increasingly become a key focus for achieving equitable outcomes.

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Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- " Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution " From the article: Paris will hold a referendum on 4 February asking residents to vote for or against a specific parking tariff for heavy, large and polluting SUVs. The first big initiative was to do "neighborhood plans" for each neighborhood area.

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The 50 Best City Manager Blogs, Sites, and More

Masters in Public Administration

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. News, updates, and future plans are often the topics of posts. Steve also has two master’s degrees in urban planning and economics. It is the site for the Budget Office of Seattle, Washington.

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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

to fix bad practices, make them democratic instead of just eliminating them ," (2012) (also discusses participatory budgeting) Note that the network concept applies to parks and libraries friends groups, and school PTAs as well. She did, for facade improvements in small towns, but didn't extend the concept to planning more generally.

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Women's History Month and urban planning

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

One of the strands from which the planning profession in the US was birthed was out of women-initiated "good government" and "good places" initiatives in a time when women still didn't have the right to vote. Gender budgeting. For the most part, links have not been checked. Women as planners and architects. 3, Supplement.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York City Lack of budget. A big problem is that park departments have budgets that are inadequate to meet the demand for services, so programming tends to be an after thought, maybe funded by special grants, or offered in association with other agencies to share the cost, but mostly doesn't exist.