Center for Community Progress

JULY 1, 2022

The one-time appropriation is a part of the overall $76 billion state budget on its way to Gov. In Michigan, land banks are quasi-governmental entities, created pursuant to Michigan’s Land Bank Fast Track Act (Public Act 258 of 2003), and represent rural and urban communities across the state. Gretchen Whitmer for signature.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

AUGUST 18, 2022

Major services such as power generation, telecoms, payments, water supply, public health systems and less obvious ones like traffic lights or petrol pumps are vital to keep a modern country running. They are a chilling reminder of the damage a determined state actor can cause to critical national infrastructure.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Legacy systems are particularly vulnerable because they were developed during a time when cyber threats were far less sophisticated. Legislative a ction: a p ath to c yber h ygiene As Labour prepares its priorities ahead of the Autumn Budget, bolstering the UK’s cybersecurity must be at the forefront of policy decisions.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 28, 2024

Shifts in Funding Priorities Donors and grant-making institutions may shift their funding priorities in response to global and local challenges, such as disaster relief, public health issues, or social justice movements. Budget cuts can lead to smaller grants or fewer funding opportunities, requiring nonprofits to do more with less.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Traditional, car-centric transport planning has not only increased greenhouse gas emissions, but has also detrimentally impacted air quality, road injuries and fatalities, and traffic congestion. As the world faces the climate crisis and continues to face a growing global road. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not. As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails” ," American Journal of Public Health ). Plus, most state and local sites don't do a very good job of putting their documents online to begin with One of my ideas is to develop an online database of such historical documents. for interpretation. Should we have more water stations?

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Main Street commercial district revitalization practice grew out of HP and a desire to save "old buildings" in the face of the development of shopping centers, chain retail, and broken microeconomies. Very soon into my writing, before the blog, a bunch of DC cultural institutions failed, so this became an ongoing topic.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 19, 2023

As a term, apparently it was coined in development economics, making the point that as countries grow in population, there is less money invested in per capita (" Population Pressures, Saving, and Investment in the Third World: Some Puzzles ," Economic Development and Cultural Change , 1988).

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