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Public housing administration as a measure of government (in)competence

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Housing Authority better ," Post ).

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Where in the Organization Chart Does Your Grant Professional Belong?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. We collaborate with program directors, accountants, and organizational leadership. Sometimes we are found in administration or some other catchall department.

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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

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. Guest Contributors: Hai (David) Guo and Can Chen. The tradeoff between revenue growth and stability has always been a concern for local governments.

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4 steps to build a data strategy for managing performance in the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

CDOs are also responsible data champions with accountability to executive leadership and all stakeholders of an organization’s data. With well-curated and published data, government leaders can evaluate citizen service delivery and create departmental accountabilities through structured performance management.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Cannon's Steak House was a premier restaurant in the old Florida Market District, just like St. Extend the building underground and up (maybe have to buy a couple houses) to put in an underground auditorium/space (perhaps on the C Street side) to replace but continue the arts functions of North Hall, and put in an underground pool.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Center cities provide a kind of quality of life benefit to the suburbs, as they tend to provide more services and get more homeless individuals as a result. It's not a matter of not knowing what to do, but how to get support and to pay for it. gentrification crisis?