Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 27, 2025

An interesting article in Crain's about "the inner suburbs" makes an indirect point about the "old housing stock." We argue about house flippers--most do a bad job. But houses do need to be refreshed every few decades. Courtesy Bedrock and Gensler) More talk about the benefits.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

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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Center for Community Progress

MARCH 30, 2023

It’s a pervasive word in community revitalization, urban planning, and housing policy. In fact, having a few vacant properties is a necessary and normal part of a healthy housing ecosystem. And the definition of blight is hard to pin down, because one might use blight to describe anything they find aesthetically displeasing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In today’s digital age, security has an expanded definition. While physical security remains a critical focus, businesses and other public sector organizations are bolstering their security posture towards a less visible vulnerability: data and computer systems.

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Let's Talk Parks

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

So, yes, that’s definitely where I got started with parts recreation and after school programs. So our admin office house here, along with other recreation programs as well. So definitely one way to determine what way you want to offer those programs. So that’s where it started for me. Becky: Nice. Chris: Yes.

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Government Technology Insider

OCTOBER 18, 2022

With private 4G LTE/5G wireless networks , they could establish connections needed to face remote learning , such as live video streaming and high definition with low latency on heavily trafficked networks. Everyone in the household is creating a capacity challenge to that single link coming into the house.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2023

Definitely counter to my call for cities and counties to merge, to create bigger, more viable polities. The House may oppose, but unlikely. It accounts for 38% of the city's tax revenue. So its leaving would cripple the city economically. It's being pushed by the State Legislature, especially the Senate.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Definite ‘safety rails’ that describe effective practice could help to dispel anxiety and reduce guilt. The Online Safety Bill now passing through the House of Lords may soon be outdated. It’s clear that there’s a significant lack of guidelines for the use of AI in schools. Legislation and guidance take time and experience to draft.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal. Photo: Leah Hogsten, Salt Lake Tribune.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 18, 2023

FHA Improvements to the 203(k) Rehab Mortgage Program The 203(k) rehab mortgage program allows a person to buy a house that needs to be rehabbed or modernized by consolidating the finance of the home purchase and cost of rehabilitation through a single mortgage. It also lets homeowners finance the rehabilitation of their existing home. 

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

This means the far bigger influence comes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that are currently under the control 11 of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 2 See [link]. Both are units of the U.S.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

Eligibility County governments State governments Special district governments Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Private institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) (..)

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 22, 2022

We’re obviously a big fan of interesting ideas for repurposing existing urban objects – we even wrote the definitive book on the subject. The owners hope to see the house last upwards of 100 years. Image Courtesy Courtesy Hernandez-Eli Architecture. Bike Repair and Customization Center.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

That incident led to the evacuation of 23 homes and the condemnation of several houses. The sewer drones, outfitted with LED lights and protective cages, carry high-definition video cameras through large interceptor drains that collect and remove water from the soil.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And that's going to solve other problems, hopefully, including housing affordability issues that we have, and building houses in wildfire prone areas.” - Francesca Hopkins on the topic of the power of city planning to reduce emissions. And we definitely need to think about how the climate is impacting that.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It’s plausible that based on this narrow definition of inflation, we can say that the worst is probably behind us. But this narrow definition is dissociated from the experience of the consumer. New “super-core” measures have frequently excluded housing as it too has become decoupled from likely future price rises.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Here, we cover the updated definition of the provision of financial services to expand eligible community development service activities. To qualify a community development service, it has to have a primary purpose of community development, be offered on behalf of the bank, and must be related to the provision of financial services.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

The definition of a disqualifying event varies from exclusion to exclusion, but is usually based on a change in ownership or a change in use of the property. Housing-Related Exemptions Builders inventory ( G.S. Low- & moderate-income housing ( G.S. Low-income housing appraisal method ( G.S. Okay, enough background.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you don’t have these capabilities in-house, you can get support either through AWS Professional Services, such as with the regulated landing zone offering, or with AWS Partners who have specific LZA offerings.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

Eligibility Applicant Eligibility for Existing Watershed GroupsIn order to be eligible to receive an award as an Existing Watershed Group, the applicant must be an eligible entity as described immediately above and must be either: An Existing Watershed Group, (i.e., Deadline to Apply March 31, 2022

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

And that's going to solve other problems, hopefully, including housing affordability issues that we have, and building houses in wildfire prone areas.” - Francesca Hopkins on the topic of the power of city planning to reduce emissions. And we definitely need to think about how the climate is impacting that.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

And the overwhelmingly bipartisan law established a new working group charged with adopting a Connecticut-specific AI bill of rights based on a White House AI Bill of Rights blueprint. Among other objectives, the working group will make recommendations for additional AI legislation.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 10, 2023

It's important to note that clinical trials that do not meet the federal definition of basic research are not responsive to this funding opportunity. This could involve assessing intra/interpersonal mechanisms of behavior change or social network characteristics.

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

This FOA is part of a suite of NHLBI Catalyze program to advance projects to the point where they can meet the entry criteria for the NHLBI Catalyze Product Definition or Preclinical FOAs. Â Deadline to Apply December 20, 2024

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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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Center for Community Progress

JULY 26, 2024

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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Super Library Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

American Copy Editors Society In-person event, April 4-5, 2024, in San Diego, California Price: $775 This conference boosts an impressive program packed with sessions that will sharpen your writing skills for all kinds of library promotion including tools for fact-checking, accessibility, creativity, and how to build an in-house style guide.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. Uncleared sidewalks from 1300 East to Sugar House Park. Levels of Service at the scale of an individual park is an issue with Sugar House Park. Technically.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

of the UK’s landmass, including 115,000 non-residential buildings and 50,000 houses. To enable better decision-making through common data standards and assured evidence based on trusted data, Glider consultants have been assisting with the definition of a Reference Data Library, and Common Data Model underpinned by the AIM CDE.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Last week, I was so excited about the prospect of buying a house that we saw and loved. However, the night after we viewed the house, I had a very uneasy feeling and couldn’t sleep. It was the house. As much as I loved it, it wasn’t the right house. I had to pause and look inward. Why was I feeling so uneasy?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 18, 2022

Like all government agencies, law enforcement agencies are very conscious of jurisdiction, and definitely a federal agency wouldn't step in unilaterally. It's definitely a great example of my belief that most people and organizations are bad at decision making, and even worse in crisis conditions. I don't know what to think about this.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

Introduction The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) System 1 is a relatively unknown but important part of America’s housing and financial system, with over $1 trillion in assets. Together, parts 1 and 2 of the analysis are essential to understand the FHFA Report and how its proposed reforms are most definitely needed.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 24, 2024

Sugar House Park is almost 70 years old, and has different planning needs compared to when the park was created. Many of the "natural features" in Sugar House Park are specified in the post on climate change, " Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Three | Planning for Climate Change."

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

It's doing some great bike infrastructure, some of which we will be trying to get for the perimeter of Sugar House Park. That scandalizes my MIL, but I'm not about to get into a debate with her about how the car companies and their allies changed the definition of street to be car centric instead of people centered.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 12, 2023

The land use and viewshed context for Sugar House Park in Salt Lake City. Sugar House Park landscape design and architecture. Sugar House Park's landscape is decidedly manmade. WRT Sugar House Park's architecture, I'd call it park rustic pastiche. Flickr photo by Steven Vance. The "pond" is a flood control device.

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Peak Proposals

MAY 13, 2021

While some naming strategies have definite advantages for sorting content, such as adding creation and expiration dates, ultimately, what’s most important is adopting a system that can be easily understood and consistently applied by the library’s primary users. Next, you need to decide where your content library should live.

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CRA Today

AUGUST 1, 2023

Community development lending can take many forms, including loans for affordable housing projects, small business loans, and loans for community facilities like schools and healthcare centers. The focus is on projects that benefit low- and moderate-income communities, where access to traditional financing may be limited.

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