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Over the past year, as COVID-19 restrictions shuttered restaurants, museums, and sports events, Americans sought comfort, as well as escape from their living rooms, in public parks and open spaces. In Erie, Pa., the number of visitors to Presque Isle State Park soared 165 percent during the third week of March 2020, compared to the same week one year earlier. That same month, popular trails in Dallas saw usage increase from 30 to 75 percent, and trails in Minneapolis saw summertime levels of visitors during the still-cold month. At the same time, many cities encouraged residents to step outside; they created new space for outdoor dining, widened sidewalks, and laid out new bike lanes and bike paths.
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Many Mayors Don t Expect Public Realm Changes to Stick, Survey Says
A third of mayors surveyed said that despite increased outdoor activity, many of the changes made in the public realm during the pandemic won t be a part of a new normal.
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The estimated number of Colorado Republicans that changed their political party status in the week following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. After the insurrection at the Capitol, thousands of Republicans across the nation have defected from the Republican party by switching to unaffiliated statuses, other conservative groups or, in rare cases, to the Democratic party. (NPR Feb. 1, 2021)
The number of acceptance emails that the University of Kentucky accidentally sent out to high school seniors for a program that usually only accepts about 36 students per year. Some of the students who received the acceptance letter claimed to have never applied to, visited or went onto the website for the university. The university apologized for the mistake and said it was due to a “technical issue.”