Mardi Gras Day, New Orleans I am hardly a Hollywood groupie, but given ACORN International’s work in Dharavi, the Mumbai mega-slum, that was one of the “stars” of the movie, Slumdog Millionaire, I couldn’t claim to be disinterested. Furthermore, ACORN India put on a different kind of Oscar-watch party in Dharavi that has now been …
Month: February 2009
Citizen Wealth Savings Incentives
Boston If the only paper you can get in a roadside motel is USA Today, then by god that’s the paper I’m going to read, and so it was in Boston while marooned in Medford a short hike from Tufts. One interesting article was right on time the other day and it detailed …
Urban Renewal New Takes
Boston I popped my head in for a minute to hear the distinguished panel speak of new takes on urban renewal. It was fascinating in bits and pieces, but seemed to also underscore how little real attention revitalization of urban areas has gotten in recent decades as a matter of public policy or public …