Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 31, 2023

(behind Florida & Texas) – largely due to international migration rebounding a couple years after COVID shut it down in 2020-2021. link] Other CED Items: NYT reports on how local governments are reconsidering parking requirements; there are currently 7 spaces available for every car in the U.S.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

A significant benefit of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) for North Carolina CED professionals is the availability of funding for investment in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure though the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRS). Where and how is that local government money being invested?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This blog post is the first in a regular series aimed at informing local government partners about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. In 2021, for example, a developer able to secure a $5 million loan with 3.5% link] [2] Source: National Multifamily Housing Council.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 17, 2023

federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. public sector customers. We recently announced that 250,000 active-duty enlisted members of the U.S.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Across the country, small and rural communities grapple with economic challenges and an aging housing stock that leads to similar outcomes: a flood of VAD properties that threaten the health, safety, and resilience of these residents. Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021.

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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. 2021 ; Gubits et al. 2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ).

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GovLoop

JANUARY 8, 2024

And in 2022, the tribe opened a transitional housing facility for individuals and families escaping domestic violence. It can house up to 10 families. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.” The program offers cultural healing through classes in traditional arts.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Photograph: David Rowe/Alamy Under Conservative control of the UK from 2010-2024, local governments were severely crushed by actions of the central government, austerity and other cuts, and further mandates meant that local governments faced up to a 2/3 drop in revenues.

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Government Technology Insider

MAY 25, 2022

Because of its far-reaching impact, the White House released an Executive Order on America’s Supply Chains in July 2021 to make improvements that will both resolve current issues and future-proof our access to goods. As well as dividing panels by federal, state, and local government, they will also be segmented by topic.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JUNE 30, 2022

Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina : In case you missed it: Follow the thread here for insight from the School of Government affordable housing training offered in partnership with @sog_ced Development Finance Initiative (DFI), ncIMPACT Initiative, and the NC Association of Regional Councils of Government.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But that message isn’t getting through to our local government. Our Council member, Kenyatta Johnson, is now also Council president, and he has enormous power to protect affordable housing in his district and beyond. As we talked to close to 200 Grays Ferry residents, the stories poured in.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

For example, more state and local governments are increasingly relying on the cloud to deliver the right resources at the right time, ranging from unemployment insurance to human services. Organizations no longer need special hardware or in-house expertise to reap the benefits. And many are rising to the challenge.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In September 2021, Japan took a leap with the establishment of its Digital Agency and the creation of the government cloud. The Digital Agency’s government cloud As the central command for Japan’s digital transformation, the Digital Agency began pursuing the development of a government cloud in 2021.

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Death and Taxes

JULY 21, 2021

It is no surprise that Florida city managers placed the forecasts for the pandemic’s impact on local revenues as the top priority, as local governments are revenue-driven entities. The tradeoff between revenue growth and stability has always been a concern for local governments. Authors’ Bios.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

At the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health held last fall, a commitment was made to invest in local community and economic development to increase access to food (see page 12 of the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health presented at the Conference).

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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.”

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Since COP27 wound down late last year (November 6-18), much of the post event commentary has centered on the fact that as observed by The Conversation, the gathering “failed to go beyond the 2021 Glasgow climate pact’s promise to phase down.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?); commitment and time.

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Government Technology Insider

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the end of the 2021 fiscal year, the IRS was forced to make up a $600 million IT funding shortfall and highlighted an urgent gap in funding for technology modernization , largely driven by pandemic-driven demand for digital services across the government. At the state and local levels, budgets prove thinner.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The City of Raton passed a Vacant Building Registration Ordinance (VBRO) in 2021 and began using a case management software to track code enforcement data. Though it is in an otherwise healthy neighborhood and could be the site of desperately needed affordable housing, 123 Raton Street remains stuck in legal and market limbo.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Creating fossil-free postal transport and logistics In 2021, Posti Group , the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, signed the Climate Pledge , co-founded by Amazon, and committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across their business operations by 2040.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Additionally, ARPA SLFRF used for Surface Transportation and Title I projects must supplement, not supplant, other federal, state, territorial, Tribal, and local government funds that are otherwise available for these projects. 8 What are the obligation and expenditure deadlines?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

As I’ve written before , both our state constitution and the Machinery Act (the collection of state statutes that govern property taxes) require that all local governments across North Carolina play by the same property tax rules. Assume Tina Tarheel is 67, earned $30,000 in 2021, and has lived in her home for 15 years.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

A local government might clean up a dumping site only to get a call a few weeks later about more trash and debris in the same place. No one wants to look at a dump site when they leave the house. The list of things people illegally dump on vacant lots, dead-end streets, and other secluded places goes on and on.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But it is also a management failure of local government. Admittedly, oversight-wise, WMATA has a hard slog, as the State of Virginia, State of Maryland, and DC are "co-owners" now alongside the federal government. They all have to agree on major decisions. historic architecture 2. And that the WMATA Board should be elected.)

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Benjamin is a licensed attorney, with nearly twenty years of experience with complex civil and criminal litigation and as in-house GovTech counsel. In 2021, after 10 years of entrepreneurship, she joined Granicus as the Strategic Lead for CX and Innovation. Prior work supported governments and community organizations in Rhode Island.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

In " How the closure of a Pfizer research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan led to the development of a more robust and independent biotech sector " (2021) I suggested that some colleges are particularly good at spin off business development and we should figure out how to duplicate and replicate that. 1 in 2021 ," Philadelphia Inquirer ).

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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.

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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.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Photo of a manufactured housing neighborhood Introduction Manufactured Housing (MH), the official name for what have historically been called mobile homes, comprises the most prominent type of factory-built housing in the US. housing stock, including both owner- and renter-occupied housing.

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Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In November 2021, the United States House of Representatives and Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal of new federal investment in America’s infrastructure. Local governments applying for funds will need to consider that new programs and projects will require more staff.

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GovLoop

MARCH 15, 2024

In the past three years, the federal government has increased its efforts to advance cybersecurity technology and strategy. The Biden administration laid out its agenda in the May 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO), then offered a more sweeping vision in the March 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Of that 2021 total, none took place in the District. This is an issue in the UK, because 10+ years of austerity have crush public agencies and local governments--some have lost as much as 2/3 of their budget, at the cost of public libraries, health care, maintenance of streets, sidewalks, parks, etc.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Since President Joe Biden launched the Justice40 Initiative in January 2021, over $600 billion has been designated for more than 500 programs across 19 federal agencies. This funding supports climate-related infrastructure initiatives with a commitment to ensuring 40% of the benefits reach.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 26, 2022

STAND WITH US poster by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya on trash receptacle along Broadway between West 45th and West 46th Street in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography I happened to notice a sticker on the can, promoting contacting the TSA when people see problems.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

State and local policymakers around the country are working to address America’s severe housing shortage, by considering, and implementing, a wide range of policies in the hopes of increasing housing supply. “This is a moment of ferment—and experimentation—in land use policy,” writes Noah M. .”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

But the fact is that Congress does have the final authority on approving local legislation, even though the DC Home Rule Act of 1973 pretty much created local control of local governance. It might well happen again with the bill allowing illegal immigrants and other noncitizens to vote in local elections.

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