Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 17, 2023

Land banks in Michigan are a flexible tool with unique powers granted to them in state law to return vacant properties to productive use as new homes, businesses, or greenspace through demolition, rehabilitation, and maintenance. Why are there so many land banks in Michigan?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), as of October 11, 2022, the US has sustained 15 weather/climate disaster events, with losses exceeding $1 billion each, the deaths of 342 people, and significant economic effects on the areas impacted. How Nomad uses Amazon IVS to scale public court livestreams.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing. 2] In these cases, a local government is both an “issuer” (i.e., Therefore, a state or local governmental entity (e.g., 26 U.S.C. §

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

The success of efforts to improve healthy food access will depend on coordinated action from state and local government agencies, community development organizations, charitable foundations, the supermarket industry and others (emphasis in the original).”. Between Local Food Systems and State Governance: A Regional Perspective.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MAY 11, 2023

So a local preservation law is needed, to be able to counter such threats. Strengthening the city around buildings with meaning and architectural character is the way to go (" Urbanism obituaries, 2022 | Death clusters of people, buildings and organizations as an indicator of institutional failure ").

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zencity

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In 2022, all California cities and counties will be legally required to recycle organic waste. While not all states have mandatory recycling laws, whether for disposables or organic waste, most cities and counties have some sort of voluntary or required household recycling program, separate from requirements for commercial recycling.

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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. Without any exclusions or exemptions, Tina’s 2022 property tax bill would be $3,500.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In January 2022, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy , and Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that includes a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). Representative Kevin Windham helped form the Coalition and first introduced the legislation in 2022. Louis, and land banks across the country.

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Center for Community Progress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

He experienced his “aha” moment at the 2022 Vacant Property Leadership Institute (VPLI) , a four-day training hosted by the Center for Community Progress and National League of Cities. Louisville’s journey and the resources the local government used along the way can serve as a model for other communities.

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Barrett & Greene

JANUARY 11, 2023

Episode One: Data Quality Over the course of years, as we’ve closely followed the work of state and local performance auditors, a somewhat bleak thought is with us. Take Virginia’s December 2022 report about the behavioral health services delivered by its Community Service Boards (CSBs). Another example.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.

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zencity

JANUARY 19, 2023

Local government officials have just encountered one of the biggest public health emergencies of their careers. Over the course of 2022, the Zencity team attended nearly 70 government conferences across 22 states. Here are our top picks for the best 2023 local government conferences to attend: 1.

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This is welcome news, but deaths are still up 14% since 2019, and drivers in the United States killed 3,373 people in the first half of 2023, after the number of pedestrian deaths reached a four-decade high of more than 7,500 in 2022. Another key trend is the shift from criminal traffic enforcement to civil penalties for certain violations.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

This is because, being secondary firms by law, the government mortgage agencies are only allowed to deal directly with primary market lenders –in this case, the relatively small number of MH structure-only lenders. ” from 55Places.com, October 2022, page 9. 18] See the article from September 2018. ” [link].

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

1) Have several, if not all of the four government mortgage agencies, 6 strongly support and subsidize “chattel loans” (i.e., For rental housing, the picture is not so dire, but the pandemic also led to high rent increases, especially in 2021 (up by 17.6%); in 2022, they are up a further 5.9% See [link].) through October.

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zencity

MARCH 20, 2023

By invitation of the Solonian Democracy Institute , and alongside delegates from 60 countries, I was asked to speak to the value and contribution of Zencity to practices of direct democracy in the local governments we work with. The Future of Democracy The forum began by referencing the 2022 Global State of Democracy Report.

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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. In this case, how the law would be perceived in the world of public opinion, and the competition between Republicans and Democrats.

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