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Kathryn Howell’s transit diary details a week spent commuting from Capitol Hill to College Park on bike, to University of Virginia on rail, and more, as she enjoys that car-lite life.
Alexandria to consider financing two new affordable housing developments. Partial shutdown on Metrorail’s Blue and Silver lines this weekend. Family remembers teen cyclist fatally struck by driver in Bethesda. And more in today’s Breakfast links.
To prevent small businesses from being priced out of Boyle Heights, a nonprofit is buying commercial property and offering tenants a share in ownership.
Diverse Populations and Health Impacts of Internal Displacement 14 May 2021 14 May 2021, 15:30 - 17:00 BST Conflict-driven internal displacement has an acute impact on the health of those who are forced to flee as internally displaced persons (IDPs). However, stratifications of gender, age and social diversity within a single IDP population, as well as broader distinctions between IDP populations in different countries, mean that the disease burden is not equally distributed. How, then, can health policy and interventions respond to the differential health impact of internal displ...
JPMorgan Chase Invests $3 Million to Help Prevent Small Business Closures Posted on 2270 JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) is set to invest USD3 Million in a program led by the University of Maryland that impedes the displacement of small and minority businesses affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The funds will permit the National Center for Smart Growth to establish a “Small Business Anti-Displacement Network.” The network hopes to team up with business leaders such as policy makers, scholars, government agencies and commu...