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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.

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How states can optimize their pre-K programs: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, UC Irvine, and Member, Pre-Kindergarten Task Force – Episode #143

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

billion in state funds on pre-kindergarten programs in 2015, highlighting the emphasis that policymakers are placing on pre-k to help students prepare for elementary school. Research has shown both the success of pre-K as well as inconclusive evidence about the sustainability of those gains as children become older.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In terms of overall waste reduction planning, it's essential to include all properties in a jurisdiction within planning (" More on zero waste practice (and DC) ," 2015). WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same. The city is responsible for certain types of recycling.

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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

Also: -- " Another example of how a RFP (request for proposals) isn't a plan ," (2015) -- " What to do about public input when seemingly public facilities are privately owned?:

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Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Doubling down on place values " (2022) The Economics of Uniqueness: Investing in Historic City Cores and Cultural Heritage Assets for Sustainable Development DC (" Bowser, business leaders pitch $400M plan to fix D.C.’s the natural environment (open space, rivers, tree cover, watershed, etc.), The first hub opened in Chinatown two weeks ago.

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How to Evaluate the Likelihood of GSE Reform in the Next Presidential Administration: Six Questions to Ask

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In fact, it hasn’t seriously tried to enact such changes since about 2015. reforms that Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator and conservator of F&F, could undertake instead. Regulators imposing a consent decree on undercapitalized financial institutions are a standard practice.[[The

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". road redesigns are always going to controversial and challenging in an urban landscape designed for, but now overwhelmed by, cars"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

US Department of Transportation backs down on sustainable mobility/Complete Streets programming. Salt Lake is a leading innovator in traffic calming, bike lanes, trails, and sustainable mobility initiatives, although I think they could do a lot more. I guess we'll see how oriented UDOT is to sustainable mobility.