Center for Community Progress

JULY 29, 2024

What : The Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference has been around since 2007, bringing together about 1,000 attendees in cities across the country every two years. When : October 9-11, 2024. The room rate ends on September 16, 2024 or when the room block sells out. The sessions at RVP reflect that!

Laws 98

Laws Constituents Public Sector Community Development 98

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Parks And Recreation Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

The Washington Post reports on a press conference in Anacostia, the most economically lagging area in DC, where the Mayor discussed improvements in the area, in association with a new building for the Department of Housing and Community Development, which was already there, in a not so old building (" After decades of disinvestment, D.C.’s

Development 40

Development Economic Development Community Development Public Health 40

Partnership for Public Service

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

While people of color composed nearly one-quarter of the SES as of 2022—a roughly 9% jump from 2007—African Americans made up just over 12% of SES members as of March 2023. Their presence in government helps ensure a diversity of thought and perspectives in the development and implementation of federal policies, practices and procedures.

Leadership 45

Leadership Public Service Nonprofit Development 45

GovLoop

JANUARY 10, 2025

In Colorado, the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing knew who needed help: thousands of chronically unhoused Colorado residents a demographic that swelled 266% between 2007 and 2021, more than any other states. Working with Data Labs, DOLA developed a proposed pilot program to increase access to affordable dwellings.

Security 52

Security Public Service Housing Implementation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 13, 2024

Currently, TheBus system is the least well developed of the suburban transit agencies (" By choosing coverage over frequency, Prince George’s caps what its buses can accomplish ," GGW). And that a late night bus network needs to include Union Station in DC as a primary node.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Communications Implementation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) 1 published its “Report on Nonbank Mortgage Servicing 2024” 2 (the Report) earlier this year. This is an extremely significant development in my view. 9 This has already been criticized as a “taxpayer bailout,” See Politico, July 25, 2024, [link].

Regulations 64

Regulations Legislation Operations Implementation 64