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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

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Local governments are increasingly working to expand their recycling programs, promote resident engagement and knowledge, and innovate to combat climate change. From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent ! How did recycling start? Their “Is it recyclable? Schedule a demo.

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One problem in public space management is the desire to be unique | Does San Francisco really needs its own $20,000 trash can

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Flickr photo by Elvert Barnes of a trash can in Times Square, branded with a public art campaign addressing harassment of Asian Americans. This is also an issue with transit systems and their heavy rail cars.

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Wizards and Capitals teams staying in DC after all and the failure of the mansion tax referendum in Chicago have one thing in common: failure to take the time to build consensus

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In Tampa, the two counties can't figure out how to work together on transit, nor can they build support within their counties ( Voters reject Greenlight Pinellas ," Tampa Bay Times , " My Ride/My Road: Polk County Voters Reject 1-Cent Sales Tax Increase ," Lakeland Ledger, 2014). There are plenty of other examples.

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Yard sign, Person running for District Six Council in Salt Lake using traffic safety as a campaign issue

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Anyway, I was surprised to see a challenger to the District 6 incumbent using traffic safety as a campaign issue, on yard signs and his website. Walk and bike to school activities can also be a way to engage residents who don't have children, in supporting "bike buses" and " walking school buses." I just wonder how real the concern is.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But the district is well organized, and successfully campaigned for a more directly accessible transit station as part of a new line being developed to serve their area. But even before that I went back and forth on it. Organizing around the water is too limited given the issues.

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How Community Partners and Local Governments Collaborate to Address Heirs’ Property

Center for Community Progress

At the Center for Community Progress, we’ve engaged with heirs’ property issues for years. Data provided by Duval County Property Appraiser and Vital Statistics Data showed that heirs’ properties in Jacksonville doubled in count between the years 2014 and 2023.

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WMATA is pathetic: of course it belongs to "the public"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In college in the early 1980s, the University of Michigan repositioned its focus on fundraising (what universities call "development") in part by hiring a top development official from Stanford, creating a new campaign, etc.--the the University has successful raised billions since. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.