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2024

2024

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2024
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Issue Six: October 2024

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  • THE TRADER JOES EFFECT: Why Cities Want To Land The Beloved Grocery Chain
  • PICKLEBALL PLACEMAKING: How Cities Are Rebranding Themselves As Pickleball Meccas
  • SPORT CENTRIC: Sports Tourism Is Increasingly Seen As A Way For Destinations To Define Themselves As A Place To Visit And Live
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Issue Five: July 2024

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  • THE MIX IS IN: Youth Sports and Community Recreation are Becoming the Draw for Mixed-Use Development
  • POOLING RESOURCES: Aquatic Centers Prove to be Valuable Community Assets Despite Subsidy
  • CRAFT BEER: Revitalizing and Reinventing Neighborhoods
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2024
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Issue Four: April 2024

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  • Envisioning a Movement Towards Walkable Cities
  • Vision Zero Hero
  • Art Meets Economy
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2024
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Issue Three : January 2024

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  • A Profile of Mayor Victoria Woodards of Tacoma
  • A Civic Leader’s Guide to Pickleball
  • The 2023 Community of the Year Winner
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2024

PLMKR Web Header Issue06A
2024
– October

Issue Six: October 2024

Featured Articles

  • THE TRADER JOES EFFECT: Why Cities Want To Land The Beloved Grocery Chain
  • PICKLEBALL PLACEMAKING: How Cities Are Rebranding Themselves As Pickleball Meccas
  • SPORT CENTRIC: Sports Tourism Is Increasingly Seen As A Way For Destinations To Define Themselves As A Place To Visit And Live
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2024
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Issue Five: July 2024

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  • THE MIX IS IN: Youth Sports and Community Recreation are Becoming the Draw for Mixed-Use Development
  • POOLING RESOURCES: Aquatic Centers Prove to be Valuable Community Assets Despite Subsidy
  • CRAFT BEER: Revitalizing and Reinventing Neighborhoods
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Issue Three : January 2024

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  • A Profile of Mayor Victoria Woodards of Tacoma
  • A Civic Leader’s Guide to Pickleball
  • The 2023 Community of the Year Winner
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