Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Partly what got me thinking about city-county consolidation--places like Indianapolis (1970), Knoxville, Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (2012), and what SF and Philadelphia did in the 1800s--was seeing mention of a Brookings Institution report about Pennsylvania c.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 12, 2023

"), and that often means suburban locations where adjacent land is more easily acquired and controlled by the team, it was announced that Monumental Sports is negotiating with Virginia for a Potomac Yards location (" Lawmakers vote in favor of plan to bring Capitals, Wizards to Virginia ," Washington Post ). Flickr photo by Ken Lund.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ). Council-approved appointees and her chief of staff and deputy mayor for planning and economic development, John Falcicchio, who is an ex officio member. The City Council is worked up about it (" D.C. Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

153A-149, unless the same is first submitted to a vote of the people as therein provided.” Subsection (e) read, in its entirety, “No state or local taxes shall be appropriated or expended by a county pursuant to this section for any purpose not expressly authorized by G.S. 160D-1311, and its effect remains the same: counties must look to G.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

There's an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram , " America's future sports stadiums finally at a cross roads ," suggesting that the KC vote indicates voters are tired of paying subsidies to billionaires for sports teams. redevelop RFK Stadium site ," Washington Post ). I'm not sure I agree.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

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"?);

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 21, 2025

As discussed below, subsection (a)(4) originally did not reference economic development incentives at all, since all incentives were unconstitutional when it was originally enacted. In response to the Maready case, the General Assembly added specific language about economic development incentives to subsection (a)(4) in 1997.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 11, 2025

These posts are meant to inform local governments about current conditions facing private developers and real estate development projects in their communities. As rates rose, lending for real estate development projects slowed down as projects became more difficult to finance.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 13, 2025

A vote that would have eliminated the Department of Education failed to garner the needed 60 votes to pass in the Senate in 2023. According to the report, from economic development firm HR&A Advisors, Cornell Tech is projected to generate $1.5 He would need congressional approval in order to shut down an agency.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 24, 2025

Interestingly, the City of West Hollywood's Economic Development Strategy report acknowledges the "deficiencies" to small business and nightlife and affordability as the district is "upscaled" and calls for changes. And thats not what the landscape of [the Sunset Strip] offers anymore. Eden Center in Falls Church, Va.,

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