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How the City of Canton worked with Wi-Fiber to build a safer and more connected community

AWS Public Sector Blog

In 2020, the City of Canton, Ohio set out to build a better, safer, and more connected community. Initially Wi-Fiber’s deployments focused on public safety solutions, such as license plate recognition (LPR). Today, the city is nearly there. Learn more about Wi-Fiber.

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2023 Year-End Boxscore Charts, Billboard Magazine

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago ," 2024 - " The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities ," 2022 -- " What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city?

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Proof of Broken Windows theory in Philadelphia and New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Our Council member, Kenyatta Johnson, is now also Council president, and he has enormous power to protect affordable housing in his district and beyond.

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Downtown St. Paul needs 20,000 more people to thrive | implications for urban revitalization in the post covid city

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " Crain's Chicago Business: Crain's Forum on Rebranding Chicago ," 2024 - " The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities ," 2022 -- " What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city?

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‘Systemic failures’ in Uvalde school massacre, report finds

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The report says that the Texas Department of Public Safety is tasked with the responsibility for dealing with mass shootings and could have taken control. I don't know what to think about this. Or that they or the US Border Patrol could have asked for control. unless they already have a memorandum of understanding in place.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC isn't very big on public restrooms, although some federal parks have them (" Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go? ," Bloomberg). This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. Fancy restroom" in Bryant Park, New York City.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

Public safety: Without a safe place to deposit their money, unbanked people are more likely to be victims of crime because they often carry large sums of cash with them or keep cash in their homes. CRA Partners is a turnkey CRA compliance program powered by the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation.