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Celebrating the 2023 Service to America Medals® finalists

Partnership for Public Service

Since 2001, the Sammies have honored more than 700 public servants. The Service to America Medals winners are chosen by a prestigious committee that includes leaders from government, business, education, media and the nonprofit community. The winners will be announced in the fall.

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October 2016 | Studying Networks Over Time, By H. Brinton Milward

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

2010), the typical network paper sent to JPART is a study of one or a small number of public and nonprofit networks over a short span of time–typically the length of time it took the researcher to conduct the network survey. Assuming that we could map networks over time, there would still be a host of problems. Let the dialogue begin!

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

From 2000 to 2001, the number of mortgage foreclosures in Cuyahoga County went from 5,900 to almost 7,000. But because county land banks are typically quasigovernmental—or, in the case of the Cuyahoga Land Bank, nonprofit entities but governed by public officials or public-purposed—there is intense scrutiny at many levels.

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the Salt Lake Tribune article: It was in 2001 that University of Utah President Bernie Machen (1998-2004) recognized and took ownership for the fact that, as an institution, the U was little involved on the west side. From the incubator a number of (primarily) nonprofit startups have emerged that serve the west side community. “It

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Shake Shack began as a small hot dog stand operating out of Madison Square Park in New York City in 2001 and grew into a gourmet fast-casual restaurant with more than 377 locations both domestically and internationally. A big concern about the park concept is that it will spur displacement and gentrification.

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Stop Soldier Suicide partners with Pariveda, AWS on mission to reduce suicide rates among US service members and veterans

AWS Public Sector Blog

Suicide rates among veterans continued to climb from 2001 to 2018 before dipping back for 2019 and 2020. Stop Soldier Suicide (SSS) is the only national nonprofit focused solely on solving the issue of suicide among US veterans and service members. The suicide rate among veterans is still 1.5 veterans dying by suicide every day.