Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. WVLSC provides as many additional resources for local land banks as possible, including convening monthly meetings to share best practices, training, and advocacy support.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Louis County Board of Realtors, a housing advocacy nonprofit, legal aid, local elected and government officials, and residents. Windham introduced legislation drafted by the coalition to address these challenges. The legislation would also create new funding mechanisms to support all Missouri land banks. This month, Rep.

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Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Land bank funding mechanisms vary widely by state and local legislation. Ongoing and anticipated challenges with local-level political leadership include political capacity, willpower, transitions, and legislation roadblocks. Predictable and flexible funding remains the greatest challenge for land banks.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 5, 2023

Dear Colleagues, We are issuing a call for proposals for an edited volume tentatively titled, Advocacy and Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers: Perspectives and Strategies to be published by ACRL (forthcoming Spring 2024). Consumer Data Privacy) Public access to federally funded research (e.g.

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Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

Spearheaded by Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), this bipartisan legislation underscores our commitment to addressing systemic vacancy and property deterioration using the tools available at all levels of government. Casey’s office for our work, and the impact this bill will have on neighborhoods across the country.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Kennedy School of Government. Kennedy School of Government.

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Policy Chats

MARCH 11, 2024

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. Kennedy School of Government. Kennedy School of Government.

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