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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

In their previous role at the West Virginia Community Development Hub, Bennett worked as the primary statewide convener and advocate for land bank-based policies. To account for these limitations, we’re seeing land banks step in as the property developer. In advocacy work, I have found that to be particularly true.

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CFP: ALSC 2024 National Institute - Denver, Colorado (September 19-21, 2024) - Standing Up for Stories

A Library Writer's Blog

Submit your proposals on new research, innovative ideas, and best practices regarding literacy, collection development, library advocacy in youth services, youth programming, and more! The Program Coordinating Committee will notify participations of program acceptance by late January 2024.

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That’s so major! The Partnership’s work supporting leaders of major federal investments programs

Partnership for Public Service

Meeting the objectives of large legislative initiatives, however, remains difficult for federal agencies due to fragmented leadership and coordination, inadequate resources for implementation and a lack of attention to collaboration and lasting knowledge management. The post That’s so major!

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions. Wales has developed three regional emergency response coordination centres, but the rest of the UK is not following suit. Command and control are being replaced by coordination and collaboration. The local level.

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Health CareeRx Academy

The Whistle Post

Career Exploration and Career Development Plans. Among other things, they (1) serve as liaisons between community members and health care and social service providers and (2) provide a range of services, including outreach, advocacy, and care coordination. Benefits and services include : Skills Assessment. Tuition Assistance.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate. Coordinating Parking/Developing a shared parking scenario One of the big problems with capitalism is every property does its own thing. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The upheaval in the planning agency’s governance has shocked even longtime political observers in a county accustomed to intense development spats. Because land use planning is about managing not preventing development, you're always going to get plenty of citizens calling the system corrupt. They do good things. Sometimes it is.