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. You’ll learn about new laws and issues affecting vacant property. Your community is facing different challenges in 2024 than it was in 2007, and even in 2022.

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Laws Constituents Public Sector Community Development 98

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

JULY 15, 2016

First elected to the legislature in 2007 at the age of 25, today his is the Chairman of Performance-Based Budgeting Committee, which launched in 2016. First elected to the legislature in 2007 at the age of 25, today his is the Chairman of Performance-Based Budgeting Committee, which launched in 2016. click here ].

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Budgeting 40

Center for Community Progress

JULY 1, 2022

The one-time appropriation is a part of the overall $76 billion state budget on its way to Gov. LANSING, MI – On June 30, 2022, the Michigan State House and Senate passed H.B. 5783, which included a critical appropriation of over $75 million to support blight elimination in every community across the state. Gretchen Whitmer for signature.

Housing 52

Housing Leadership Public Health Economic Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications 52

Let's Talk Parks

MARCH 2, 2022

The housing market crisis had just occurred in 2007, and I graduated in 2009. The park district only receives about 5% of the community’s tax dollars, and the rest of a very small portion of our budget is tax funded. Is their budget doing really well? Is their budget not doing well? The rest is fee based.

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Parks And Recreation Budgeting Nonprofit Operations 130

Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

Read them to learn how a city budget works, how townhall meetings are conducted, and even to see the inner workings of a police department. Lynch writes on everything from the budget to public service. There are also interactive resources on the budget for the viewing. One of the latest posts was on the proposed budget.

Government 40

Government City Manager Budgeting Local Government 40

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

However, appraisers are different from the other groups discussed herein: they are not numerous (estimated at just 78,000 nationally), working mainly as smaller, local providers – and thus not collectively wealthy enough to support a large lobbying and advocacy budget. There seem to be three reasons for this exceptionalism.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 101