Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

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.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Engagement Advocacy 52

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). My experience in the civic arena is that it takes "a couple rounds" of putting the idea out there before there is consensus to go forward.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

Competition for leisure time is stiff, and getting people to leave their houses, a challenge. how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?); in terms of both (4) architecture and design; and (5) program/plan for what the functions within the building accomplish.

Social Media 52

Social Media Housing Economic Development Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2003, when I was on the board of H Street Main Street, and advocating that the group create a housing growth strategy in its retail trade area, I suggested that the RFK parking lots, especially along Benning Road, should be converted to housing and mixed use development. Other areas too.)

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Development Economic Development Voting 52

NLC (National League of Cities)

JANUARY 13, 2023

In the late days of December, Congress passed the final budget package for 2023, setting funding levels for every federal agency and grant program for the year and averting a government shutdown.

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Budgeting Government Community Development Housing 107

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?);

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

Five are under the city-- Liberty, Pioneer, Fairmont, Jordan, and Sunnyside, and one, Sugar House, is owned by the city and county both, and run by an independent authority (I'm on the board). So it's the "entertainment city" idea but extending it to many more elements, making work and other spaces "more fun," engaging and active.

Management 52

Management Nonprofit Parks And Recreation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Of course, there are many more pieces on this broad topic as I was trying to figure things out. -- " The community development approach and the revitalization of DC's H Street corridor: congruent or oppositional approaches? This entry became very long, so I broke it up. So does Friends of the Parks in Chicago.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Work First (TANF) , which provides direct cash assistance as well as assistance with childcare, transportation, job searches, and job training for eligible families who need help achieving self-sufficiency through employment. What types of social services programs is a county mandated to administer or provide? State , 368 N.C. Note that G.S.

Social Services 63

Social Services Laws Supervision Community Development 63

American City & Country

AUGUST 19, 2024

Few of the smaller towns and villages along the Choptank have paid staff, and even many of the larger ones lack in-house expertise on water-related issues. The organization is a coalition of nonprofits, government agencies, scientists and community groups that work across boundaries to protect and restore the Choptank’s health.

Engagement 86

Engagement Community Engagement Cultivation Nonprofit 86

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 30, 2023

Transit adjacency is a plus for employee transportation. But I haven't seen a good transportation demand management study of hospital workers trip to work. (In Hospitals can be strong supporters of community development efforts, but it has to be designed into the program from the outset.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Public Health Development Education 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

There were a couple of other reports too: DC at the Crossroads: Transportation Choices Today Could Bring Pleasant Living, Less Traffic Tomorrow by the local chapter of Friends of the Earth, and reports for the Financial Control Board by Alice Rivlin.) Building neighborhood confidence/The Myth of Community Development.

Transportation 52

Transportation Community Development Housing Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2025

Federal law requires these awards to be managed and distributed by national intermediaries; HUDs own guidance for these awards, which are meant to provide support for capacity-building and community development, requires recipients to advance housing justice and support underserved communities. transportation (" Sec.

Government 52

Government Nonprofit Housing Sustainability 52