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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I make this point often that planning engagements are set up to fail from the outset because planners have to achieve both city (or county wide goals like economic development) as well as neighborhood specific objectives, while residents tend to take responsibility only for the latter. It's expensive to build.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Founded in 2012, National Voter Registration Day is an annual civic holiday on which the nation focuses on registering Americans to exercise their most basic right – the right to vote. million Americans have registered to vote on the holiday. Read on to learn more about how organizations use AWS to make it simple to register to vote.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

and making it possible for them to engage, respond, and share the President’s speech themselves in new and different ways.” Bush in 2004. And finally, keep engaging with the White House: We’re listening” (Goldman). Creating opportunities for engagement after the State of the Union. Bush administration in 2002.