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Does anyone know a restaurant where I can get the Indian dessert laddu/ladoo in the #DC area?

Key lesson for states that adopt new zoning/housing requirements for localities to meet: Providing high-quality, accessible training & TA for localities who are *willing* to comply goes a long way. Fighting a handful of active resisters is expensive.

Placemaking 🤌

The future of cities is inspirational leaders who care like Prema Gupta of Center City District

“I believe in cities and the shared, collective experiences they bring us”

phillymag.com/news/2024/04/0…

It takes a village. Grateful for the partnership of COG & the leadership of Charles Allen & Metro Forward Chair Smedberg for initiating a historic effort btw our two orgs to develop & ultimately fund a vision for transit across our region. We must do this, we can do this! #wmata

Smart take #finreg folks listen more to metro experts like Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸

Capital flow is critical to the vitality of places. I believe regulators grossly misunderstanding the #CRE moment, which is holding up loan modifications and new liquidity. Regulators should be wary of damaging the economy in the name of protecting it.

thehill.com/opinion/financ…

According to Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸 and others, hybrid work is here to stay. How then, should urban planners or tenants within historic downtown office districts in the 10X region respond? Hear more in our recent #TenAcrossConversations podcast: 10across.com/future-cities-…

California has adopted reforms to increase housing supply, but it will take years to complete. In the meantime, leaders have a moral, political and economic mandate to reduce the harm that homelessness inflicts, Tracy Hadden Loh 🌸 says in L.A. Times Opinion. latimes.com/opinion/story/…

She’s so ready #Eclipse2024

3-7 pm today. Don’t Mute DC’s “playdate” series with other musical cities started with New Orleans and continues today as we celebrate the 5th anniversary of the movement. Food and music and all the delicious chocolatey things. #makegogoforever #dontmutedc

There is nothing that I can do professionally with the amount I have learned about snail reproduction since my kids got a fish tank for Christmas. This is crazy. Anyway here’s a picture of a baby snail smaller than my pinky fingernail.

Did……….Harlem shake?

New from me and Hanna Love for Los Angeles Times: California's homelessness numbers may paint a bleak picture. But there are strategies that work that can bring California much closer to hope than it seems.

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I demand Charles Allen do something about this crime wave that is swamping Ward 6.

My work with Hanna Love is cited in this book (the authors contacted us after the book was published to tell us). I was so concerned about the title that I didn’t want to pay for a copy of the book to see how our work was used, but I was worried. And now ⤵️

🚨 Three days left on early bird pricing for the Greater Greater Washington Sweet Sixteen party at Pearl Street Warehouse! 🚨

Snatch your tickets now and meet me at the club on April 30.

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