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Engaging the Public on Climate Action

Barrett & Greene

By Chris Adams, CEO of , Balancing Act , a creator of simulation-based online engagement tools. ? ?. ? My education about this critical topic began in 2014, when the City of Denver hired me to plan and facilitate community input sessions on the city’s proposed climate action plan update. Four Paths To Change. ?.

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Manatee County Sheriff’s Office transforms performance management to improve service

American City & Country

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office’s HR team recognized that its method of performance evaluation, which was time-consuming and required extensive spreadsheets and paper forms, was no longer sustainable. Beckwith earned a bachelor’s in human resource management from Saint Leo University in 2014 and became SHRM certified in 2016.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Meehan, 2014). Meehan, James.

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South African Cities Show Commitment to Accelerate Water Resilience at 2023 UN Water Conference

The City Fix

Between 2000 and 2014, urban area in South Africa expanded by 1,464 km2. South Africa’s cities are economic engines, drawing workers across the country and the continent. Of the country’s 58.8 million population, 68% live in urban areas. Population projections.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Other cities have differently named similar organizations. Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies.

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Three Ways Agencies Can Drive Measurable Results Across the Organization 

Government Technology Insider

However, if their goal is to drive sustained change, having the right tools becomes essential for data collection and meaningful analysis. Organizations can track trends over time using Excel spreadsheets or even facilitate “turn the curve thinking” with a Word document or a flip chart in front of a group.

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Why Strathcona County Council & Administration have Embraced Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

BPBI Project Update to Priorities Committee - September 16, 2014 When complete in 2015/16, these processes will simplify and strengthen business planning and budgeting at Strathcona County, providing focus and direction to all of the County’s activities. This new article below ( Can priority-based budgeting do the job? )