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Meet the featured customer speakers for the Worldwide Public Sector Innovation Talk at re:Invent 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

There, she managed and directed day-to-day operations and formulated and implemented policies to achieve the department’s mission. She also has served on the Marketing Board for the March of Dimes and continues to be involved in the Our Promise Campaign.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Campaigns all across the US, in conservative areas, to ban books. For example, " Residents offered free health checks in libraries ," BBC and " Creative library project underway in Wilmington to spur community and economic development ," Wilmington News-Journal. The four biggest issues these days are: 1.

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The town (or place) that art saved(?): arts as revitalization versus arts as community building

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Often, city arts functions are part of the "economic development" cluster of city agencies. For example, Arts Councils probably need to add some economic development planners. Surprisingly the small community has access to a ton of money, through the generosity of Darla Moore, a hedge fund operator, who grew up there.

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Climate Action: Backed by Budget

Barrett & Greene

Through this process, Pittsburgh freed up $23 million from its existing operating budget and identified another $18 million in revenue opportunities. Integrating climate considerations into operating and capital budgeting decisions across the organization, strengthens resource alignment with climate action plans.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Economic Impact of Local Parks: An Examination of the Economic Impacts of Operations and Capital Spending on the United States Economy , National Recreation and Parks Association). Mostly the economic benefit from local parks comes in neighborhood stabilization and property value increases.

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Is the Growth Machine a casualty of the culture wars?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Anyway, more recently, Republican culture wars, albeit more at the level of state government interfering in local economic development, but when there is some sort of state nexus, in some places, is triggering anti Growth Machine actions. I argue that GM is better at explaining why, and UR the how. Florida and Disney.