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

Center for Community Progress

(Photo: Community Progress) Neighborhood-Led Vacant Lot Maintenance Programs like the Genesee County Land Bank Authoritys (GCLBA) Clean & Green initiative show how resident engagement can combat illegal dumping. Engage local groups to collect data. Make sure data is spatially referenced with GPS coordinates.

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Five Innovative Approaches from Land Banks Across the Country

Center for Community Progress

Many land banks find it challenging to engage residents and recruit for their boards; OMLBs Ambassador Program works to expand the bench of stakeholders and community members who engage with the land bank. Residents have been engaged at every step of the project, offering feedback and advocating for funding alongside the land bank.

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How NPOs and NGOs embrace digital transformation for sustainability with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

These organizations play a pivotal role in promoting environmental sustainability through advocacy, conservation projects, community engagement, and research. Working closely with local communities, they foster sustainable practices and build capacity for environmental stewardship.

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Call for Proposals: ACRL/NY 2024 Symposium (New York City - December 6th, 2024)

A Library Writer's Blog

Across the two editions, Gorman identifies stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, rationalism, literacy & learning, equity of access to recorded knowledge & information, privacy, and democracy as foundational to library work. In this context, we invite you to engage with these values. Multiple proposals will be considered.

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How AWS can enable the Government of Canada’s 2023-2026 Data Strategy

AWS Public Sector Blog

Advancing data governance and stewardship practices to build trust and enable secure data sharing between departments, including safeguarding privacy. Lock-in concerns AWS waived data transfer out (DTO) charges (when customers want to move data outside of AWS) starting March 5, 2024.

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

Engaging with these ideas is not new; librarians have been researching extraction through other lenses, such as racial capitalism, neoliberalism, surveillance, and issues surrounding academic librarian labour. or, the University of Michigan has a vast Filipino collection due to U.S.