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Episode 76: Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Rethinking Community Development Strategy to Address Digital Inequity with Sarah Hope Marshall

CRA Today

Episode 76: Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Rethinking Community Development Strategy to Address Digital Inequity with Sarah Hope Marshall [link] Sarah Hope Marshall joins me here to reflect upon digital inequity in place-based community revitalization. There’s been books written about it. government material) All rights reserved.

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Supply Skepticism Revisited: What New Research Shows About the Impact of Supply on Affordability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Furman Center faculty directors Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Kathy O’Regan recently released “ Supply Skepticism Revisited ”, highlighting the latest rigorous research that draws out the nuanced effects housing supply has on housing affordability. “We need all hands on deck producing all housing.”

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Somehow I came across a program by the museum which had community members go through the collection, especially items in storage and create exhibits of their reactions. Again, I think this is community building. The Drury students came up with the idea for the House of Art(s). Art House Baltimore is the name of the project.It

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Wizards and Capitals teams staying in DC after all and the failure of the mansion tax referendum in Chicago have one thing in common: failure to take the time to build consensus

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

," 2023 -- " Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus? ," 2024 -- " Framework of characteristics that support successful community development in association with the development of professional sports facilities ," 2021 The deal called for at least $1.35

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Filling sandbags at Sugar House Park, Salt Lake City. The Asset Based Community Development Institute , now at DePaul University, is focused on supporting the development of ground up citizen capacity and projects Community Design Centers were a 1960s and 1970s initiative to provide urban design assistance to neighborhoods.

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How Community Partners and Local Governments Collaborate to Address Heirs’ Property

Center for Community Progress

You find a local home repair program and help your parents fill out an application, only to find out that they do not qualify because they do not have legal ownership—or title —to the house. The owner’s grandson, who grew up and lived in the house with his grandmother, wanted to buy the property to keep it in his family.

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Fool me once, fool me twice: Mayor Bowser has it all wrong about the Washington Commanders football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As part of their campaign, they revealed an ambitious and sprawling proposal for a $2.5 This was to encourage residential development, to strengthen the commercial district. The three areas I named were (1) RFK campus, for housing; (2) a redevelopment of Hechinger Mall; and (3) Bladensburg Road. Which likely isn't in the cards.