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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

According to the National Land Bank Networks 2023 State of Land Banking Survey, vacant lots account for 86 percent of all land bank properties and half of all survey respondents listed vacant land stewardship as one of their top priorities. the group called out community, stewardship, legacy, values, collaboration.

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Five Innovative Approaches from Land Banks Across the Country

Center for Community Progress

In 2023, the National Land Bank Network (NLBN) launched the Innovative Approach Award to support land banks doing innovative work, providing grant awards of up to $25,000 per organization. Its goal is to transition stewardship of St. The land bank used its Innovative Approach Award to develop an automated demolition scoring tool.

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Collaborating for sustainability: How higher education and cloud providers foster change

AWS Public Sector Blog

Innovation is essential in developing solutions that address global sustainability challenges. The ASU CIC has also been exploring the use of digital twin technology and developed a digital twin platform for Downtown Phoenix, Inc. News & World Report. This enriches the student learning experience well beyond the classroom.

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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

Develop survey questions. Involving residents and community groups already involved in vacant land stewardship helps lower costs and strengthens neighborhood engagement. Gather essential data without overburdening surveyors. Make sure data is spatially referenced with GPS coordinates. Engage local groups to collect data.

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Why you should apply to the Excellence in Government Fellows program

Partnership for Public Service

In photo above: Toni Townes-Whitely, a Partnership board member, speaks at the graduation ceremony for the spring 2022-2023 Excellence in Government Fellows program. What we really want people to gain from this program is a deeper sense of their stewardship and how to apply that in service to the public good,” he said.

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How the Tri-COG Land Bank is Transforming Vacant Properties in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

Established, in partnership with five other regional entities focused on community revitalization, the Equitable Communities Collaborative , to develop a more intentional, strategic, and comprehensive community development service delivery model. Click here to learn more about our services and approach.

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CFP: Item Not Found: Accounting for Loss in Libraries, Archives and Other Heritage and Memory Organizations - Virtual Conference, March 8-9, 2023

A Library Writer's Blog

Collectors are increasingly willing to confront processes of repatriation, reparation and restitution, and other forms of deaccessioning, and vocabularies of ownership are giving way to those of stewardship, custody, and post-custody.