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Full-Text Articles in Urban Studies and Planning
Population Numbers Are Necessary To Predict The Future, Chester Smolski
Population Numbers Are Necessary To Predict The Future, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"'Demographics explain about two-thirds of everything.' So say David K. Foot and Daniel Stoffman in Canada's best selling nonfiction book for 1996, Boom, Bust and Echo."
Without Jobs, R.I.'S Place On Livability Lists Is Weak, Chester Smolski
Without Jobs, R.I.'S Place On Livability Lists Is Weak, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"All of us like to know and be part of the best places, whether this be restaurants, hospitals, colleges, golf courses, or whatever, so we rank them. These range from the international, where we rank levels of corruption by countries, to the local, where we rate the best clam shacks. And though we may not agree with some of the rankings, we find most of them useful in terms of making connections with places we know."
Cultural Contribution Of The Capital City, Chester Smolski
Cultural Contribution Of The Capital City, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"I like Providence, but it was not always so. As a youngster, growing up between Boston and Providence, my friends and I very seldom ventured south into that city of corruption, clutter and crime; after all this was where the Mob was centered. Rightly or wrongly, that was the image that was conveyed."
New North Citizen's Council Facility Siting Project, Center For Economic Development
New North Citizen's Council Facility Siting Project, Center For Economic Development
Center for Economic Development Technical Reports
Chapter 1 of this report describes the project contracted to the Center for Economic Development and the Urban Places Project at the University of Massachusetts by the New North Citizen's Council of Springfield, Massachusetts, which was, to find better and larger space for their administrative offices, walk-in clinic, and two day-care centers.
Chapter 2 describes the needs and assessments for the NNCC that was conducted, which showed that the NNCC required additional office space that was conveniently located for its clients, more day-care space to allow an expansion of the subsidized day-care program, and expansion options that can be implemented …