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History of Gentrification in America: A Timeline | Next City
1964. The term “gentrification” is coined by Ruth Glass. “One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class – upper and lower …. Once this process of ‘gentrification’ starts in a district it goes on rapidly until all or most of the working class occupiers are displaced and the whole social ...
Five Ways Local Governments Can Spur Development of …
Jun 30, 2020 · Here are their five recommendations for creative ways to finance affordable housing. 1. Establish a housing finance agency. A housing finance agency (HFA) is a government entity designed to promote affordable housing by issuing tax-exempt bonds and using the proceeds from the sales to offer low-cost mortgages to affordable housing developers ...
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Urbanist News. Next City goes beyond pithy headlines and sound bites, publishing original, in-depth features on urbanist news issues critical to our shared future. Our daily stories and in-depth feature articles, written by journalists from around the globe, span a wide range of topics, from transportation and infrastructure, to affordable ...
Why We Need to Keep the “Community” in Community Colleges
Jul 13, 2015 · They would do better to save the money they’re spending on changing logos, signage and stationery, and direct it toward telling a more proud and truthful story about what these institutions contribute to society. Community colleges are a different animal than four-year schools, after all.
Ranked: Walkability in the 30 Largest U.S. Metros - Next City
Jun 17, 2014 · Though the current rankings in Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America’s Largest Metros have a few mild surprises (Washington, D.C. tops the list, with New York and Chicago in second and fifth place, respectively), the chart in the report — by Christopher B. Leinberger and Patrick Lynch from the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University ...
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Nov 7, 2024 · Planning Chief Land Use Services Department County of San Bernardino, California Annual Salary: $131,123.20 - $187,907.20 DOE/DOQ Join our dynamic team at the County of San Bernardino, where innovatio... Posted - October 16, 2024. Apply Now Save job.
Repair Cafes Are the Beating Heart of the Right-to-Repair Movement
Mar 20, 2024 · Here at The Tool Library in Buffalo, New York, we launched our own take on the global Repair Cafe movement back in 2017. Repair Cafes and similar community-led repair initiatives are community spaces where individuals converge to mend their broken or malfunctioning items under the expert guidance of skilled volunteers.
How Five U.S. Cities Built 335 Miles of Bike Lanes in 24 Months
Aug 24, 2022 · City Thread was born out of a proof-of-concept pilot project called The Final Mile, through which five U.S. cities built 335 miles of new bike lanes in only 24 months. That’s a full 25 years earlier than expected, according to their estimates. “It takes over a decade in the U.S. to build a complete and safe infrastructure,” Studdard says.
In These Cities, Car-Free Streets Are Here To Stay - Next City
Nov 21, 2022 · 34th Ave in New York City. Although not shut down to cars 24/7, one of the most successful car-free street projects is 34th Avenue (now known as “Paseo Park”) in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Currently, the street is car-free every day between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m, turning 26 city blocks into a de facto public park.