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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

The “why” and “when” wealth left our communities may be different from the major cities, but the outcome was very similar: the real estate market failed, and we were left with a glut of vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated properties that became the burden of local governments to address. Gather compelling information and share it early.

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Simplifying the Online Employee Onboarding Process in Park Agencies

Let's Talk Parks

I ran into a problem during the first few months of my new job as facility coordinator. If you work in local government or in a special district, you probably already have an intranet, but you may not have any control over this at all. I needed to quickly relay updates to all of our staff in real-time.

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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. They can also help ensure equitable access to this funding.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But I would argue it's dis-coordinated, and addressing these omissions should be a top priority of the MPO's Active Transportation Committee. And yes, they have an Active Transportation Committee focused on developing sustainable mobility options. The Frontrunner commuter railroad runs from Utah County to Ogden in Weber County.

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Montgomery County Maryland Planning Board resigns

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Casey Anderson, the chair, was someone I met through bike advocacy, and in 2010, as a member of the Planning Board, he invited me to present on " best practice suburban bicycle planning " at the Montgomery County Planning smart growth series, based on the work I was doing at the time in Baltimore County. They do good things.

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25 Exciting Career Paths in Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

A generic sort of sounding career, they plan, coordinate, and direct a broad range of services in everything from education to healthcare. State and local governments, as well as finance and insurance, are also potential employers. They head up the advocacy, fund raising, and other civic duties associated with the role.

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Pediatric cancer researchers use AWS to accelerate Cancer Moonshot

AWS Public Sector Blog

Today, CBTN—which runs via a coordinating center at CHOP—has data sharing agreements with 32 institutions around the globe. Clinicians and researchers need better access to multiple types of data in order to identify an optimized, individualized treatment approach for each child and develop the next generation of therapies.