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February is African-American History Month: Urban planning history -- the attempt to make Roxbury a separate city from Boston

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While the Roxbury initiative was voted on, twice, it didn't pass (" Separatist City of Mandela : Boston Voting on Proposal to Let Black Areas Secede ," Los Angeles Times ). Mandela versus electing Black leaders. Atlanta: the city too busy to hate (" How Atlanta became the 'city too busy to hate' ," ahoo).

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Constitutional case law examines (1) the necessity of a local government’s proposed affordable housing activity and (2) whether the private sector is “unable to meet the need.” 744 (1938) (holding that the Housing Authorities Law serves a constitutional public purpose); Mallard v. Housing Authorities Law. Chapter 157).

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10 Interesting Facts About the History of Public Administration

Masters in Public Administration

Public administration is putting laws in action to better serve a civilization and the public. 1776 Adam Smith pens his book, Wealth of Nations which discusses public administration and specialization. The book focuses on the economic state of America and what creates a wealthy nation. At this time the U.S.

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Getting Ready for Grants, Part 3: Writing Compliance into Your Programs

ResourceAssociates

However, the compliance documents are thick, maybe even thicker than a New York City phone book. 45 CFR 75.113 – Disclosures re: Violations of Criminal Law. Government grants are often larger and last longer than your average private foundation grant. Figuring it out can be a very daunting task. All Standing Executive Orders.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Rather than adamantly saying "no," I came to realize that since advocates mostly lose out on such initiatives--except if the city or state requires a public vote--we should be focusing on mitigating the problems from such facilities and increasing the benefits. I and many activists were against public funding, but it happened anyway.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Shirky’s “Promise, Tool, Bargain” states that “each success story of using social tools to form groups contained within the book is an example of the complex fusion of ‘a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain with the users” (2008, p. We can easily connect this model to Olson’s collective action theory.

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The power of the connecting middle: where policy, delivery and democracy meet (and often don’t)

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

Her recent book is a must-read and her collection of Substack essays on Eating Policy (as in “delivery eats policy for breakfast” – think Michael Lewis and The Fifth Risk ) are required reading in my research and intelligence gathering.