Posts by James Brooks — Contributor

James A. Brooks has lived and worked in Washington DC for more than 30 years. He is presently the city solutions director at the nonpartisan National League of Cities, where his fields of work include community development, housing and infrastructure.

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  To get ideas for reusing the historic Franklin School building, DC can look to Newark, NJ

  DevelopmentBy James Brooks (Contributor) February 3, 2016 10

  The Franklin School, at 13th and K NW, is an iconic DC building, but it has been vacant and abandoned since 2008. On a recent trip to Newark, New Jersey, I got a glimpse of another use for old, historic buildings.   Keep reading…