Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. 3sBeDBa By 2040 the # of households headed by 80+ year olds will double but we don’t have the right housing.

Social Media 96

Social Media Economic Development Housing Development 96

AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Public sector organizations – such as government agencies and schools – are not exempt from these statistics. The tool could potentially be run as a shared service by trusted regional governments, municipalities, and/or non-profit entities. These incidences are estimated to cost businesses worldwide an average of $4.88

Public Sector 195

Public Sector Security Government Agency Accountability 195

Open Access Government - Technology News

JANUARY 19, 2023

While many cyberattacks leave businesses unscathed, 18 ransomware incidents elicited a national-level response or government intervention. Given increased geopolitical tensions and a rise in cyber warfare, international leaders and governments have acknowledged this threat at a global scale and the risk it poses to crucial services.

Security 124

Security Implementation Development Operations 124

Google Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. During his years as governor, Steve successfully grew Montana’s economy, made record investments in public education, expanded access to health care, protected public lands, and prioritized fiscal responsibility and transparency in government. public sector customers.

Public Sector 102

Public Sector Leadership Education Operations 102

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Or from Urban Regime theory: An urban regime can be preliminarily defined as the informal arrangements through which a locality is governed (Stone 1989). Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. Again, I think this is community building.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Housing Development Community Development 52

Center for Community Progress

APRIL 6, 2023

I went house-to-house with a clipboard documenting the conditions of vacant properties that dotted its beautiful brick streets. It got its start from two Council of Governments (COGs): the Steel Rivers COG and Turtle Creek Valley COG. Priority 2: Facilitate Community Resiliency Through Vacant Land Reclamation Vacant land (i.e.,

Strategic Planning 105

Strategic Planning Housing Engagement Stewardship 105

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 7, 2022

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. Or some housing on top of retail. Not mixed commercial use. just east of Yonge St., the Star has learned.

Public Safety 52

Public Safety Parks And Recreation Housing Campaign 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

Powering a high-stakes government auction with high performance computing In 2016, the United States Federal Communication Commission (FCC) wanted to reallocate radio airwaves from TV broadcasters to wireless carriers.

Public Sector 130

Public Sector Education Budgeting Housing 130

Bang the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Taking the perspectives of tenants on board is increasingly necessary, particularly since the Grenfell disaster in the UK in 2017. Although tenant participation is becoming more common when it comes to planning social housing, the ability for tenants to influence their landlords remains considerably limited.

Housing 40

Housing Engagement Social Media Communications 40

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

APRIL 18, 2023

Debris can come in all shapes and sizes to include cars, houses and hazardous materials. In this podcast the expert guest is Rob Ray, Senior Vice President, for Operations at AshBritt, a national government solutions provider specializing in emergency management and disaster response.

Disaster Response 52

Disaster Response Housing Operations Management 52

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

JULY 13, 2017

Its mission: To embed the scientific method into the heart of day-to-day governance of the city to provide decision makers with high-quality evidence in order to improve results for the city. October 2017 Update: As an example of the Lab @ DC’s work, it recently released its study on the effect of police body worn cameras.

Government 40

Government Housing Operations 40

GovLoop

JULY 27, 2023

When Justin Davis joined the BMV in 2017 as Contact Center Director, the employee attrition rate there was almost 200% per year, while customer satisfaction ratings were sinking. From a constituent perspective, such behavior diminishes trust in government as a whole, Deloitte found.

Constituents 98

Constituents Engagement Housing Management 98

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 13, 2022

A central finding of the review is that current research illustrates the importance of structural, or macro, causes of homelessness, and the need for policy responses that ameliorate high housing costs, low incomes, and income inequality. 2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ). 2021 ; Gubits et al.

Housing 52

Housing Outreach Sustainability Engagement 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 26, 2023

One of the comments on the article made a point about a local "Government Accountability Office" function. The article mentions Councilmember Robert White question Brenda Donald, director of the DC Housing Authority, asking about her $40,000+ bonus for the year, after the agency was ripped to shreds by a HUD inspection report (" D.C.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Campaign Engagement Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The study came from the public-private Purple Line Corridor Coalition, a group composed of government officials, community activists, nonprofits, companies and academics. Also see " Op-Ed in Washington Post about preserving affordable housing in the Purple Line corridor (Department of Duh) " from earlier in the year on the same topic.

Housing 52

Housing Community Development Development Nonprofit 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

alongside affordable housing and commercial space, and adaptable buildings--in how it discusses the primacy of West Seattle as the anchor of the rock music ecosystem in Seattle. From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.”

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Local Government Budgeting 52

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

APRIL 19, 2017

“Many of the most important functions of state and local governments – from building and maintaining roads to housing the homeless – involve contracting for goods and services supplied by the private sector,” notes the Harvard Kennedy School’s Government Performance Lab in their primer, Results-Driven Contracting: An Overview.

Local Government 40

Local Government Government Housing 40

Government Technology Insider

MAY 23, 2024

The cloud has become an effective platform for cost management for state governments and is also the key to continuous innovation. However, government agencies need to ask if they’ve made the right investments in the cloud over the last few years and if, as AI begins to play more of a role in workflows, they need to make any adjustments.

Government Agency 59

Government Agency Implementation Constituents Sustainability 59

Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The City of Detroit’s innovative Make it Home program harnesses the power of a traditionally harmful system—the property tax foreclosure process—and uses it to increase affordable homeownership, improve housing conditions, and stabilize neighborhoods. Overview and History of Detroit’s Make it Home Program.

Housing 52

Housing City Manager Sustainability Education 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 27, 2024

It's doing some great bike infrastructure, some of which we will be trying to get for the perimeter of Sugar House Park. Like many cities, Salt Lake is a leader in trying to balance the modes with a renewed focus on sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Communications Campaign 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2024

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. Uncleared sidewalks from 1300 East to Sugar House Park. Levels of Service at the scale of an individual park is an issue with Sugar House Park. Technically.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Public Administration Housing Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Post has an article about how Virginia Congressman Don Beyer is getting a masters degree in machine learning so he can apply AI to government and creating better policy (" A 72-year-old congressman goes back to school, pursuing a degree in AI "). Like my frustration with DC Government.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Development Transportation Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Some of those same local leaders are responding with a plan of their own: Convince the federal government, whose workforce is Metro’s largest customer base, to subsidize the system’s operational costs. But it is also a management failure of local government. And the State governments can vary wildly on their support.

Management 52

Management Elected Officials Transportation Accountability 52

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2017

While Democrats and Republicans can’t seem to agree on much these days, there was a bright spot for bipartisanship recently: Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Democratic Senator Patty Murray joined together to praise the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP), which Ryan and Murray launched last year.

Housing 40

Housing Government 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 25, 2022

The new train hall at New Carrollton aims to bind together the development of offices, housing and shops. Gensler/Urban Atlantic). City Block has a good post on how to do a transit hub at New Carrollton, " Missing a chance to create a great transit hub – New Carrollton." I hope they read it.) Conclusion.

Development 52

Development Transportation Housing Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

All to the good, I was surprised to see that more than a handful of houses have gates so they can access the trail, some with elaborate connections because of grade. There were incursions onto the corridor from some houses but it was pretty rare--some bad, but many would be considered acceptable--growing stuff, art works, etc.

Transportation 52

Transportation Advocacy Sustainability Coordinator 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

in parts of New England, Washington State, California, Maryland, etc.). -- " Two train/regional transit ideas: Part 1 | Amtrak should acquire Greyhound ," 2021 Transformational Projects Action Planning.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development Transportation Sustainability Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 7, 2023

Obviously it's not new that high quality schools track to housing values etc. are planning initiatives not really taken. Salt Lake. A friend of mine here is a school teacher, and we've talked for many years about school "planning" issues, I've shared with her past writings, etc.

Supervision 52

Supervision Housing Education Leadership 52

Center for Community Progress

MAY 19, 2022

The plan focused on action steps and funding approaches that could be taken by local government entities and partners. In 2017, the City of Bethlehem enlisted Reinvestment Fund and its partners Consulting and Atria Planning in the creation of a data-driven plan, dubbed the Bethlehem Blight Betterment Infinitive, or B3.

Implementation 52

Implementation Development Community Development Elected Officials 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

While the concept was spurred by my writings on the Purple Line light rail system coming to suburban Maryland, -- " (Big Hairy) Projects Action Plan(s) as an element of Comprehensive/Master Plans ," 2017 but also best practice programs I've across and not always written about. commitment and time.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

the steady employment engine of the federal government Heathcote captures the issues well. Five are under the city-- Liberty, Pioneer, Fairmont, Jordan, and Sunnyside, and one, Sugar House, is owned by the city and county both, and run by an independent authority (I'm on the board). historic architecture 2.

Management 52

Management Nonprofit Parks And Recreation Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 26, 2022

Times Square in 2017. Community First was developed during the pandemic, when NYC closed congregate housing for the unhoused, and moved them to hotels with single rooms. Problems such as graffiti, people in mental health crisis, sanitation, etc., A much emptier Times Square. Photo: Gary Hershorn, Getty Images. Photo: Michael Grimm.

Sanitation 52

Sanitation Public Safety Management Outreach 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

Manufactured housing (MH) has recently taken on a high profile among affordable housing advocates, including in the Biden administration. MH’s supporters consider it naturally low-cost due to the efficiency of factory production, rather than via government subsidy.

Housing 59

Housing Advocacy Government Development 59

CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

government material). government material). The CFE Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; our programmatic, research and policy efforts focus on designing, embedding and replicating financial empowerment initiatives within the fabric of local government. Customized Bank Training: [link] . No claim to original U.S.

Community Development 52

Community Development Development Accountability Nonprofit 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

Introduction The high level of closing costs has been placed onto housing policy’s front burner by two recent events. This could significantly increase affordability, especially for FTHBs, and make housing transactions generally more cost-effective for both buyers and sellers. 3 In the modern era, U.S.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Housing Regulations Legislation 101

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Generally, they have the power to weigh in on matters before government bodies. Other cities have differently named similar organizations. My biggest criticism is that they lack resources and are given little in the way of technical assistance (not that the average Commissioner thinks they need it).

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Welcome to the 'riskscape' On one day in July 2021 fires devastated large areas of Sardinia, flooding occurred for the second time in two weeks in London and I received a message from research colleagues in Germany that read "the institute was quite destroyed and many colleagues have suffered tremendous damage to their houses." Moore-Bick, M.

Management 92

Management Operations Laws Regulations 92