Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. Before Ohio’s new county land banks were conceived, the main goal from 2004 to 2006 was to respond to local leaders’ demand for speedier tax foreclosure of long tax-delinquent vacant and abandoned lands. In 2006, the Ohio General Assembly passed this legislation. Next-Generation Ohio Land Banks.

Legislation 52

Legislation Operations Elected Officials Laws 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 29, 2024

For the buyer, closing costs vary significantly by state, reflecting different state regulations and laws. In 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan research arm of Congress, studied title insurance. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that few losses show up post-closing. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, etc.)

Housing 59

Housing Regulations Government Accountability 59

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

These two recent entries recount many of the pieces as step by step I developed a more comprehensive approach to arts-based revitalization. -- " Lack of a system breeds more of the same: Source Theater, Washington DC, up for sale 2006, 2024 ," (2024) -- " The town (or place) that art saved(?):

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). These pages, open to anyone with a Facebook account, include ‘friends’ not only from one’s home country or state, but from throughout the world.

Social Media 40

Social Media Sustainability Communications Grassroots 40

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

And that would be a substantial deposit in the “strengthening democracy” account to rescue trust and confidence in democracy and the potential of good government done well.

Regulations 59

Regulations Public Sector Government Constituents 59