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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: What’s featured here is not definitive, and perhaps not even fully representative of what it looks like to have an artistic space of one’s own in the city. The Times article is more photo essay, but like the Equinox Studios article, has some kernels of wisdom on how properties have been able to remain comparatively low rent.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's definitely a real estate play. 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.)

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The council, which appoints the board, voted unanimously in a closed session Tuesday to ask the entire board to resign, according to two people familiar with the vote. The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats.

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ALA Midwinter Report 2022

Librarian.net

The January professional development conference (with speakers and activities and vendors) is becoming known as LibLearnX, and all the committee meetings which happen at ALA in January are… still kind of called Midwinter. We discussed some of the changes that were happening, to get voted on during Council III.

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My ALA Conference

Librarian.net

Midwinter, now called LibLearnX for some reason, is in San Antonio and will definitely be a hybrid meeting and I do not plan to attend in person. Speaking of structure, Councilors voted on adding a ninth clause to ALA ‘s Code of Ethics. Annual is in DC and I have not made a decision about in person attendance to that one.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2022, the city reduced the street mph to 20mph for most neighborhood streets, which in a car oriented city, is at times controversial (" Salt Lake City Council lowers speed limit to 20 mph on 70% of city streets in unanimous vote ," " Salt Lake City swaps first 20 mph speed limit sign in initiative for safer streets ," Salt Lake Tribune ).

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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). Donald, who earns a salary of $275,000, “has no experience in property development, property management or managing federal housing programs,” the audit notes. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ). Bowser’s six D.C.

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