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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Often places have "lots of" parking, but it's spread out across multiple properties, and they don't coordinate. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM.

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How three AWS IMAGINE Grant winners are transforming the future of games, music, and health with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

By connecting transplant centers and data coordinators to patient data in the cloud, the organization can scale to meet user needs. How one nonprofit uses AWS to amplify citizen advocacy across Africa. Climate Next: How sustainability champions around the world use cloud-powered tech to fight climate change.

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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

However, because the person responsible for managing the land bank also works in these other areas, they bring that breadth of expertise to the table and can more efficiently coordinate with municipal and county government departments. In advocacy work, I have found that to be particularly true. Speak with a unified voice.

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Procurement Offices and the Environment

Barrett & Greene

There’s a seemingly endless list of purchases which can be made with an eye toward sustainability and environmental soundness, just beginning with lawn mowers, leaf blowers, fleets of vehicles including buses, paper, cleaning fluids, and on and on.”.

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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

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

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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. The key is to find a method that is sustainable over the long term – meaning it is easy to update and make changes. I needed to quickly relay updates to all of our staff in real-time. Choosing Your Employee Onboarding Portal Platform.

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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.