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.

Stewardship 98

Stewardship Legislation Advocacy Parks And Recreation 98

Center for Community Progress

DECEMBER 12, 2023

To target housing affordability, many land banks are forming partnerships with mission-driven entities focused on quality, sustainable, and affordable housing. Land bank funding mechanisms vary widely by state and local legislation. 50 percent of land banks consider addressing more vacant lots a top priority.

Stewardship 98

Stewardship Advocacy Housing Leadership 98

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).

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Grassroots Social Media Education 40

Barrett & Greene

JULY 11, 2023

The legislators I worked with, most of whom were Republicans, hated making budget cuts and certainly hated increasing taxes to balance the budget. And while I applaud the effort to impose spending caps, legislators are going to find it very hard to enforce them when it comes to the actual appropriations and revenue bills.

Budgeting 40

Budgeting Legislation Advocacy Sustainability 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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.

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Voting Coordinator Advocacy 52

Librarian.net

JULY 10, 2021

link] americanlibrariesmagazine.org/ blogs/the-scoop/council-ii- restructuring-and- sustainability/. SustainRT (Sustainability Round Table) produced a really well-written and presented resolution about making ALA more sustainable in terms of climate change, carbon neutrality and encouraging all parts of ALA to pursue these goals.

Voting 52

Voting Sustainability Advocacy Education 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 31, 2023

14 Only when government gets involved – which is when policy and political concerns are combined with advocacy by ideological and economic interest groups – does one sometimes see something different, with the inevitably resulting cross-subsidies. the legislation that established them). It is discussed below. [19]

Government 52

Government Housing Implementation Legislation 52