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Washington State Emergency Management

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

During his tenure, the State has successfully supported the response to and recovery from numerous major disasters to include the COVID Pandemic, the SR 530 Oso Landslide, the record-setting wildfire seasons of 2014 and 2015, and a host of devastating weather events.

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Technology: What, When and How to Adopt

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

He was later appointed Interim Fire Chief (2013-2014). We advise public and private organizations on an all-inclusive approach to disaster preparedness that addresses governance, planning, operational procedures, technology implementation, training, and exercises in order to achieve a successful and sustainable program.

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Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) - States and Community Grants (SUMMER 2023)

iGrantWriters

The objective is to create, expand, and sustain a dementia-capable HCBS system at the state level, including Single Entry Point/No Wrong Door access for individuals with dementia and their caregivers. The goal is to ensure access to comprehensive, quality state HCBS that are dementia-capable and offer innovative services.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. It's about speed versus access. Hamburg's transport association is the model.

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Estimating physical climate heat risk with NASA Global Daily Downscaled Projections on ASDI

AWS Public Sector Blog

As climate-related disclosures emerge, such as the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) , and asset owners and insurers consider climate risk impacts for their operations, heat represents a chronic risk to many organizations and activities. Customer asset locations (in this example, a sample of U.S.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. The bill ran in 2014 and passed that same year. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC).

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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). Davis, John E.

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