Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. WVLSC provides as many additional resources for local land banks as possible, including convening monthly meetings to share best practices, training, and advocacy support.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 10, 2022

And the Museum of the City of New York has a permanent exhibit on activism in the city, and some of the issues are planning related (" Local history museums and critical analysis opportunities for communities ," 2014). Also a pop up history exhibit on Coney Island by an advocacy group there.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Advocacy Education 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many places have installed them, as they are often specified as part of street furniture/advertising projects (" City Room City Room Blogging From the Five Boroughs In 9 Years of Work, Just 3 Public Toilets Go Live ," New York Times , 2014, " JCDecaux wins San Francisco's iconic Street Furniture contract ").

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

a Bike Expo in association with the 5 Boro Ride, which had more than 100 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees in 2014. Some cities like Boston , Denver and Seattle have active pro-walking groups which are a model for improving places, technical assistance, and advocacy. -- In Arlington County, WalkArlington does community walks.

Transportation 96

Transportation Management Parks And Recreation Housing 96

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 10, 2023

For years they haven't been reporting data by bus line--there are six. Obviously it's because most of the lines have minimal ridership.

Public Service 52

Public Service Regulations Budgeting Sustainability 52

Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

When I got my job in 2014, there were 208 tenure-track Spanish positions advertised ; in 2022 there were only 44. My dissertation was on the rhetorics of advocacy in Appalachia, and I knew from my field research that nonprofits in the region could use help with their communications and grant writing.

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Nonprofit Housing Cultivation Translation 98

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

percent) in 2014, after having been purposefully increased by the FHFA and the two GSEs in prior years. percent range since 2014, rather than being materially lower or higher, does not seem to be well understood in the industry or among policy specialists. percent in 2014 and then stayed in the 0.44 percent to 0.49 percent to 0.49

Press Release 52

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