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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

WVLSC provides as many additional resources for local land banks as possible, including convening monthly meetings to share best practices, training, and advocacy support. Before conducting advocacy at the Capitol, the APC and their partners made sure that they had solid information with which to educate legislators.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Clean Air Advocacy In these letters to the editor of Backwoods Home, readers gain tips on canning garlic and mixed vegetables. Clean Break Break away from fossil fuels with the help of this blog, which will educate you on clean air practices and how big cities are making an effort to reduce greenhouse emissions. Clean Energy Websites.

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Driving Change: A Mid-Year Reflection from Community Progress

Center for Community Progress

Our advocacy efforts have been crucial in bringing this legislation to life, and we are honored to have been recognized by Sen. The City successfully advocated for a change to state law that would open up their ability to use in rem code lien foreclosure, a tool developed by Community Progress in 2019 for the city of Mobile.

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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

Assemblymember Cervantes earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside and completed an executive education program at Harvard University’s John F. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

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Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Policy Chats

Assemblymember Cervantes earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside and completed an executive education program at Harvard University’s John F. About Sabrina Cervantes : Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes was elected in November 2016 and represents California’s 58th Assembly District.

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Community Gardens as Community Building and Neighborhood Stabilization in Weak Markets

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A comprehensive self-guide for gardeners looking to maintain or create community spaces on resource from out vacant land. -- The Public Interest Law Center : Garden Justice Legal Initiative Provides pro bono legal support, policy research and advocacy, and community education and organizing to community gardeners and market farmers. -- " Can "cleaned (..)

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What can neighbors do about vacant buildings and lots?

Center for Community Progress

But doing something about vacant properties is so hard because of the complicated web of local, state, and federal laws that govern who owns a property and what a local government can do when that owner neglects two basic responsibilities: taking care of their property and paying property taxes. This process takes years.

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