April 22nd, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, cities, economic development, neighborhoods
So my long post on Chattanooga and my conference has been delayed because I’ve been so busy apartment hunting with my good friend Ebonie. It has been very difficult, even finding any affordable apartments and also securing a place when the few affordable places seem to be snatched up within minutes of their posting on […]
April 2nd, 2008 | by admin | published in art, cities, creative economy, economic development
Denver has been awarded a $2 million grant to fund the creation of the “Biennal of the Americas”, which the city hopes will attract cultural tourism and create a mecca for the arts on par with San Paolo and Venice (both locations host their own prestigious and internationally acclaimed contemporary art events) . Denver’s recent […]
April 1st, 2008 | by admin | published in DC, cities, economic development, housing, public policy
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU has released a new study on inclusionary zoning, using DC, LA, SF, and Boston as case studies. Inclusionary zoning is an affordable housing practice that either requires or encourages (via various incentives) developers to include low and moderate income units in their new projects. In […]
April 1st, 2008 | by admin | published in art, creative economy, economic development, education, museums, public policy
Not surprisingly, the emphasis on standardized tests through policies like No Child Left Behind have weakened education in areas like the arts inside the classroom. According to a recent Newsweek article, the emphasis on standardized test scores have also had a detrimental effect on arts education outside of the classroom. Major museums nationwide are suffering […]
March 31st, 2008 | by admin | published in economic development, housing, public policy
This work is by artist…just kidding! (on an aesthetic note, I do love the colors used to represent each ward, especially the tangerine color for Ward 7. Obviously, this is not what the researcher had in mind when creating this graph). The figure below is pulled from the latest District of Columbia Housing Monitor and […]
