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The Future is "Perserverance" with Jane Leonard

The Future Is Community podcast

Jane has been President of Growth & Justice since 2018, a research and advocacy organization that develops innovative public policy proposals based on research and civic engagement. In this episode, Jane Leonard draws from her 40 years of wisdom to emphasize the fact that our world is not one-dimensional.

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Community Progress Calls on FHA to Improve Access to Rehab Mortgages

Center for Community Progress

In 2018, only 5 percent of the conventional mortgage market were loans to Black borrowers, compared to 15 percent of the FHA/VA market, which are government-mandated to serve underserved borrowers. Due to systemic inequities and discrimination in the housing market, homeownership is the primary contributor to the racial wealth gap.

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Flyer, Park City (Utah) Community Events for September 2022

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Community Notice Board, Merseytravel, Queens Square Bus Station, Liverpool I've argued there need to be bulletin boards/kiosks in commercial districts and at transit stations. -- " [link] ," 2018 I guess we need to go back to kiosks and telephone poles. Yard signs definitely need to be added to the mix.

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Chicago has elected local school councils

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I mean how could the schools advocacy publication Catalyst , which was focused solely on Chicago's schools, go out of business (" Linda Lenz, founding editor of Catalyst Chicago, dies at 77 | Technical assistance for local schools advocates ") if there were serious technical assistance provided to Chicago's LSCs.

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"Temporary" uses as a way to foil development: Bruce Monroe Elementary School site, DC | from school to park to housing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Predictable outcome: people want to make a temporary park permanent as a foil to development ," 2015 -- " Be careful when you create "temporary park uses" on sites slated for development, because people will end up advocating against development ," 2018 According to DCist, the local courts just rejected an appeal aimed at stopping the conversion (..)

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Casey Anderson, chair of the Montgomery County Planning Board, in Forest Grove Park in Silver Spring in 2018. We thank the commissioners for their service to our county.” John Kelly/The Washington Post) I'm saddened by this.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues. Florida, Wyoming explain " -- " Corporate volunteerism: ‘Not charity.