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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

This article explains what you need to get started. Clean Air Choice These tips from the American Lung Association shows ways you can reduce air pollution by implementing simple changes such as using mass transit and opting for shorter vacations. Tips for Clean Air at Home. For summer, this means thinking green when you travel.

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What’s Going on in State & Local?

GovLoop

Priorities for States Each year, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) publishes federal advocacy priorities that represent areas of focus for the upcoming year and how states can collaborate with federal agencies, Congress, the White House and strategic partners.

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Gil Penalosa is running for Mayor of Toronto

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Gil is the brother of Enrique Penalosa, who was Mayor of Bogota, who initiated the Ciclavia program--open streets--and implemented the TransMilenio high capacity bus rapid transit system. From the article: The thread running through Penalosa’s campaign is that Toronto is a good place to live, but its timid leadership has held it back.

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Revisiting Mott's Market corner store in Capitol Hill DC: residents buy the building after all

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: The effort to save the store kicked off on Walter Street. Neighbors immediately banded together in an effort to purchase the building. The group was only days away from making an offer on the 3,313 square foot, two-floor building when it was sold April 25 for $1.25 In the past I've discussed this in terms of remedies.

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CFP: Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises (Nonprofit Policy Forum Journal)

A Library Writer's Blog

How do nonprofits working in migration crises balance advocacy and service delivery? What are the humanitarian and social justice implications of nonprofits’ advocacy, governance, or implementation activities? As nonprofits engage in policy advocacy, what is the relationship between strategy and context?

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

3 The release of the FHFA report has also sparked a flurry of articles, op-eds, and think tank reports either supporting or countering some or all the recommendations. This two-part article argues that the root cause of their need for reform is a fundamental flaw in Congress’ design of GSEs.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Tribune article asks the question of whether or not the streetcar is contributing to traffic reduction. Intra-district shuttle systems Item # 5 in " Creating a Silver Spring "Sustainable Mobility District" | Part 2: Program items 1 - 9 ," discusses how to implement an integrated parking-shuttle system in Silver Spring, Maryland.