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For years I surfaced hidden and valuable muncipal content to stream onto EveryBlock Boston, EveryBlock Charlotte, Everyblock Chicago (including some shocking restaurant closures), EveryBlock NYC (including affordable housing and weekend traffic), EveryBlock Philadelphia, EveryBlock San Francisco, EveryBlock Seattle, and EveryBlock Washington DC

  • Recent TIF Items of the City of Chicago Community Development Commission

    Here’s what our friends at the City of Chicago have been up to, TIF-wise, lately. REVISED TENTATIVE AGENDA I. ROLL CALL II. APPROVE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 9TH CDC MEETING III.  OLD BUSINESS A. PROPOSED ARCHER/WESTERN TIF REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA (WARDS 11 AND 12) Accept for review the feasibility study, housing impact study and redevelopment plan…

  • Early Voting in Mecklenburg County, NC is Going Gangbusters

    Early Voting in Mecklenburg County, NC is Going Gangbusters

    Every morning I get an email from a Communications Director in Mecklenburg County government indicating which of their early voting locations has the shortest lines. Below is the complete text of the poetic missive I received: Long lineseverywhere. Some relief by mid-afternoon. Getmore. If the numbers bear out, it’s looking good for our man down…

  • Building permit issued at 102 Church

    In case you were wondering, someone’s building a mud room and a small porch in Boston. Building permit issued at 102 Church | Building permits. They’ve filed all the proper plans, someone came out and made sure they won’t hit any buried cables or other infrastructure, and the new room won’t have any undue condensation…

  • Bills introduced in Philadelphia City Council on October 16, 2008

    Here’s some good stuff from our friends in Philadelphia: City Council Room 402 City Hall Philadelphia, PA 19107 The following are the titles of Bills introduced in City Council on October 16, 2008 Bill No. 080741:  “An Ordinance to amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located…

  • Charlotte/ York County SC Crime Spree Detailed by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

    Here’s some pretty interesting, immensely detailed info from our friends in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: IMPORTANT CRIME ALERT! Robberies in Charlotte, NC connected to a Homicide in York County, SC Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Auto Theft Unit and Robbery Unit have been working closely with Detectives from the York County Sheriff’s Office to…