Citizen Lab

MARCH 6, 2024

We launched our podcast, Public Square, to highlight the transformative stories of local governments worldwide. One episode features an engaging discussion with Aja Hazelhoff from the City of Seattle, focusing on the crucial integration of equitable engagement into comprehensive planning.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chris Spahr, Executive Director of the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation , defines affordable housing as housing that can be made available to anyone and everyone no matter their economic status. About Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation. And we're here with Iron Sharpens Iron.

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Social Pinpoint

JANUARY 24, 2024

Before we look forward and reveal our predictions for the top 2024 trends in online community engagement, let’s look back. 2023 was the year that saw some very clear trends, especially in the digital community space. We saw hybrid engagement come of age, we saw really clear stages in engagement, and we even saw the rise of AI.

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CRA Today

AUGUST 1, 2023

Community development lending is a critical tool for driving impact and building stronger communities, but it requires a deep understanding of regulatory compliance and risk management. Commercial lenders are entrenched in local communities customizing financing options to help businesses manage cash flow and operational risk.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chris Spahr, Executive Director of the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation , defines affordable housing as housing that can be made available to anyone and everyone no matter their economic status. And we're here with Iron Sharpens Iron. And today our guest is, Could you introduce yourself? Well, great. Well, great.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 7, 2024

By strengthening community capacity, engaging diverse voices, and addressing barriers to health, we are working to transform systems and policies that perpetuate disparities, ultimately promoting healthy, thriving communities throughout the state.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 15, 2023

As every NLC member knows, local government is unique. Local governments play a more significant factor in the daily lives of Americans than any other level of government. From community development to education to public health, cities administer essential programs that directly affect the lives of a wide spectrum of residents.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Beyond its many financial and economic responsibilities, one of the stated key functions of the system is to promote community development through the regional Federal Reserve Banks. Fed Communities also has an associated webinar series called Connecting Communities. economy and the overall public interest.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Meehan, 2014).

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 25, 2023

In 2018, only 5 percent of the conventional mortgage market were loans to Black borrowers, compared to 15 percent of the FHA/VA market, which are government-mandated to serve underserved borrowers. CDFIs are lenders that aim to provide fair and responsible financing to communities that mainstream finance often doesn’t reach.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

"At the very least, it has to be treated like a campaign,” said Michelle de la Uz, the executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, a Brooklyn-based community development corporation that develops and manages affordable housing, referring to building new development.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 6, 2023

It got its start from two Council of Governments (COGs): the Steel Rivers COG and Turtle Creek Valley COG. Despite their limited capacity and resources, the COGs relentlessly advocated for investment to address the significant amount of vacant and abandoned properties harming their communities, culminating in the creation of the TCLB in 2017.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Or from Urban Regime theory: An urban regime can be preliminarily defined as the informal arrangements through which a locality is governed (Stone 1989). Because governance is about sustained efforts, it is important to think in agenda terms rather than about stand-alone issues. Prince Edward County, Ontario.

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CRA Today

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Are you one of the 95 percent of banks that are underreporting community development loans under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)? SHOWNOTES: Community Development Loans Demystified with Krista Shonk, VP & Senior Counsel, Regulatory Compliance and Policy, Fair & Responsible Banking, ABA.

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Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Vacant lots are often viewed as pieces within larger systems, such as urban planning or community development, or overlooked entirely. Redefining vacant land as a system also highlights the importance of engaging stakeholders in achieving community development goals.

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CRA Today

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Once you identify these priorities, it is valuable to engag e the bank ’ s board of directors and senior management in order to understand their rating expectations. Maximize the Reporting of Community Development Activities; 2. Maximize the Reporting of Community Development Activities.

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GovLoop

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In terms of communicating, internally and externally, that can be both a blessing and a curse. We talked to three employees at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Community Development Department (CDD) about how they use visualization to help data fulfill its purpose. Agencies generate and analyze a lot of data these days.

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Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

JULY 31, 2018

Kageyama is an author, whose book For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places was recognized in 2012 as a Top 10 Book in urban planning, design and development.

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GovLoop

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In terms of communicating, internally and externally, that can be both a blessing and a curse. We talked to three employees at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Community Development Department(CDD) about how they use visualization to help data fulfill its purpose. Agencies generate and analyze a lot of data these days.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

My intended thesis was around urban planning and civic participation and engagement, because local land use issues are the issue most likely to get people involved in local civic affairs, other than having children and being involved in education issues. Florida, Wyoming explain " -- " Corporate volunteerism: ‘Not charity.

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CRA Today

APRIL 8, 2024

Episode 4: Impact Investing and How Powerful It Can Be For The Community [link] Impact investing, which seeks to generate social and/or environmental benefits while delivering a financial return, is expanding as a promising tool for both investors and philanthropists. can engage in social impact investing.

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Policy Chats

DECEMBER 29, 2023

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside. I'm not trying to replicate government because that's their job. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ? One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. This blog post outlines the framework through which local governments can lawfully support privately owned affordable workforce housing.

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Policy Chats

JANUARY 2, 2024

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside. I'm not trying to replicate government because that's their job. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside.

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Policy Chats

JANUARY 2, 2024

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside. I'm not trying to replicate government because that's their job. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from the University of California, Riverside.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JULY 19, 2016

Acting as the county’s principle guiding document for governance, community development, infrastructure and service delivery, the county’s strategic plan serves as a foundation for the development of a corporate business plan, departmental business plans, the county master plan, and priority-based budget results and budgeting, itself.

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Grant Central USA

AUGUST 15, 2023

Grant writing is the process of applying for funding provided by an institution such as a government department, corporation, foundation, or trust. Community Development: Many grants aim at supporting businesses that contribute to their local community's economic development.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 4, 2024

2 The report came about at a time when the FHLBs have been increasingly criticized for neglecting their housing and community development mission and instead using their subsidies and privileges to benefit their financial institution owners and executives. That’s because both are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

It is considered one of America’s government- sponsored enterprises (GSEs), i.e., public-private hybrid corporations created by Congress and authorized to engage only in a narrowly-tailored set of activities. Part 1 of this two-part paper describes this more fully. trillion of assets) and are the most well-known and studied GSEs.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 14, 2023

Land banks are a vehicle for equitable community development. Land banking programs are run by nonprofit or government entities that focus specifically on the acquisition, holding, and sale of vacant and abandoned properties. Land banks are typically created with the backing of state legislation. What does a land bank do?

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iGrantWriters

JANUARY 25, 2022

To establish this network for all stakeholders of the CI workforce, NSF will support a set of Research Coordination Networks (RCN) to advance CI Professionals communities through transformative and/or new approaches for fostering, nurturing, expanding, and sustaining such communities. The RCN:CIP projects are intended to: 1.

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 12, 2023

It will likely be more efficient for communities to pursue these activities under that Rule’s “public health and negative economic impacts” eligible use category, rather than trying to pursue them under the CDBG-eligible projects category. What are the expenditure limits? Natural Disaster Response and Mitigation: No expenditure limits.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 27, 2016

As if this weren't enough, the County's dedication to "open data" is leading the evolution of PBB as an open, dynamic, citizen-engagement tool with the access to OpenPBBdata (stay tuned!). This new article below ( Can priority-based budgeting do the job? )

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

A commitment to the development and production of a broad, comprehensive, visionary, and detailed revitalization plan/s (Bilbao, Hamburg, Liverpool); the creation of innovative and successful implementation organizations , with representatives from the public sector and private firms, to carry out the program. Social Marketing 3.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 9, 2022

an urban design dating from the walking and transit city eras of urban development, therefore supporting walkability, transit, and biking 3. the steady employment engine of the federal government Heathcote captures the issues well. " Since I got involved in urban revitalization I argued that DC had five competitive advantages: 1.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

More than 20 million students in the United States ride school buses every year. This equals approximately 7 billion trips per year, making school buses one of the most widely used forms of public transport in the United States.  But those trips aren’t always.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 19, 2024

But Jonestown is not wholly disadvantaged; it is home to many engaged residents, including Lake, who serve as “community ambassadors.” Working with a regional coalition called Envision the Choptank , the ambassadors recently helped leverage $390K to address long-standing flooding issues in the community.

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