Mr. Walker rode the United States’ “mobility escalator” from rural Texas to Wall Street. Now he feels “both gratitude and rage” for a country that he says has reached an inflection point...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/business/darren-walker-ford-foundation-corner-office.html
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10 characteristics of good urban/human design:
1 human scale
2 local identity
3 spatial/ historic context
4 options for/ease of mobility
5 embedded nature/ biodiversity
6 network of useable public spaces
7 mixed use
8 ability to personalise
9 resilience
10 ageless
How many of these characteristics do you see in your neighborhood, in your city?
Hartford nonprofit Harc Inc. is looking for an economic lifeline amid turbulent times for charitable giving.
After all, the Asylum Avenue-based nonprofit, which supports more than 400 people with intellectual disabilities, and other Connecticut charities understand that philanthropic giving in the state, and elsewhere, has declined or been flat in recent years...
