zencity

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent ! campaign to help residents learn what can and can’t be put in the bins, generated good engagement and positive sentiment. A growing number of cities and counties have recognized the benefits of composting programs.

Local Government 52

Local Government Campaign Laws Engagement 52

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

JUNE 25, 2023

Purpose, crisis and new leadership The starting point, as always with the instinct for systemic reform, is purpose born of crisis: When Volodymyr Zelensky became Ukraine’s president in 2019, he promised to modernise a state that until then had been a byword for bureaucracy and corruption. Such prosecutions were unheard-of before 2014.

Public Sector 59

Public Sector Government Leadership Accountability 59

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Like Tower Hamlets' IdeaStores (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019), it should have been placed in the commercial district. But even before that I went back and forth on it. It's pretty, but as the Sex Pistols said, "vacant" from the standpoint of connectedness.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The idea gained additional visibility when Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign announced it was proposing a federal DPA program with generous levels of funding. In fact, over the ten-year period from 2014 to 2023, it was even lower, averaging just 6.4 percent from 2019 to 2022 (the latest available).

Housing 52

Housing Accountability Campaign Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Years ago I wrote a piece (" Outline for a proposed Ward-focused (DC) Councilmember campaign platform and agenda ," 2015) about what would be an ideal approach to a truly ward-focused Councilmember election and governance platform, including having a dashboard on ward-specific data on traffic safety. Ward focused traffic safety programming.

Transportation 40

Transportation Campaign Public Health Laws 40