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  • Chicago remade its 127-year-old rapid transit system. Are there lessons for Metro?

    August 02, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Officials who want to improve Washington D.C.'s unreliable metro system look to the Chicago Transportation Authority to find examples of success in rebuilding a subway system. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prioritized upgrading tracks and stations and has seen a large increase in daily riders and overall satisfaction with the system since the renewal took place. Now, Washington officials invite advice and collaboration in their quest to revamp the region's metro system.

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  • Three Big Lessons From One Small Town

    July 18, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Danville, Virginia

    The town of Danville, Virginia survived the downfall of the mill industry by using creative financing and investing in solid economic infrastructure that will remain sustainable into the future. The town has invested in broadband and used funds from a tobacco settlement to re-install city money into local institutions.

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  • What the Land Bank has accomplished the last 10 years

    June 26, 2019 |

    WEWS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Through expansive demolition and rehabilitation services, the Cuyahoga County Land Bank is estimated to have made a $1.43 billion impact to Cleveland and surrounding communities. The land bank focuses on renewing blighted homes in the area, focusing specifically on revitalizing low income areas that don't have enough public funding to clean up their streets.

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  • City Revival - Did We Learn From the Urban Renewal Era?

    June 24, 2019 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    In the middle of the 20th century, the Housing Act of 1949 launched cities across the city into a downtown reconstruction frenzy, the often to no avail; in the modern renewal movement, cities try to get it right. Cities like New Haven, Connecticut look at renewal projects that have failed - both in economic success and equity endeavors - to build structures with economic justice and long term social consequences in mind.

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  • Blight is eating American cities. Here's how Mobile, Alabama, stopped it

    June 10, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Mobile, Alabama

    While the entire nation struggles to combat blight and rundown housing, the city of Mobile, Alabama put together a task force and managed to slow the spread of blight in the town and even change the state constitution. Now, the city is able to purchase blighted houses, make necessary repairs, and combat racial inequality while doing it.

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  • Former Bridgeport factory transforms from blighted property to a model of revitalization

    June 03, 2019 |

    Republican American |

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    Response Location: United States, Bridgeport, Connecticut

    A development firm in Bridgeport, CT relies on public-private partnerships to fund renewal of blighted sites into upgraded buildings, including a brand new charter school. With a mix of government and low-income housing funding, the firm can develop hundreds of units in a quick amount of time, allowing communities to benefit from rapid renewal in the area.

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  • How industrial assets became taxpayer liabilities

    June 03, 2019 |

    Republican American |

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    Response Location: United States, Waterbury, Connecticut

    After years of developmental stagnancy, the city of Waterbury, Connecticut puts into action a way for developers to renew buildings without having to take financial responsibility for previous owners' environmental waste. Through a public-private partnership between the city and development investors, developers have begun to break ground on renewing the city's dilapidated factories.

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  • From bleak to bustling: how one French town solved its high street crisis

    May 20, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: France, Mulhouse

    Mulhouse, a small city in France, brushed off its negative reputation and used community networking, clever financing, and urban renewal as tools to become a bustling center once again. The town relied on many community associations and local voices to grow their economy; now, the city has more shops opening than closing.

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  • What Mansfield can learn from the brand Marion made, Fargo's frost-themed festival and Ohio's wee bit of Irish attitude

    May 17, 2019 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Mansfield, Ohio leaders look to cities across the country for inspiration from successes - and lessons from failures - to help them rebuild their downtown brand. From Austin, Texas, to Fargo, South Dakota, these successful cities offer examples of initiatives that have funded revitalization and economic growth in their own city centers by way of community engagement and trust among leaders.

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  • Fort Wayne Makes Its Own Luck

    April 26, 2019 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Wayne, Indiana

    Fort Wayne, Indiana follows the national trend that transforms old abandoned buildings into new economic powerhouses by converting what was once the massive GE campus into a mixed space of residential, business and retail space. While some cities tore down older structures in the '70s and '80s, cities who kept their open-space warehouses -- cities like Fort Wayne -- are now taking advantage of the empty spaces and making room for economic growth and civic participation.

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