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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

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This also matches the theme for next year’s Global Community Engagement Day, on January 28. It highlights the importance of trust-building in community development. More Compensation for Participation Involvement In recent years, compensating participants for their involvement in community engagement has gained traction.

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What’s Going On with ARP Infrastructure Investment in North Carolina?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

So far, the budgeted amounts are primarily located in larger counties and cities, and to some extent, reflect the same distribution of community priorities as listed for national spending. Sub-Group of ARP Infrastructure Spending ARP Funds Budgeted (Millions of Dollars) Sewer and Water 23.6 Public Space 12.5 Broadband 2.8 Cyber Security.5

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Electric bicycles as an equity planning tool: Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I probably need to update this post, " Revisiting assistance programs to get people biking ," which lists 18 ways to promote in significant ways, the transition from driving to biking as a primary form of transportation. I remember a particularly vociferous argument I had with a black community organizer on biking.

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CED through Local and Regional Food Systems: The Latest Resources

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Reducing Market Barriers to Sustainable Farm/Food Businesses: A Business/Consumer Perspective . Many of the suggestions put forth at the conference related to creating sustainable economic development in food systems by improving connections and access, both from the business and the consumer side.

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Why Strathcona County Council & Administration have Embraced Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

This plan is comprised of eight priority areas and five pillars of sustainability, based on the strategic planning framework developed by current and previous councils.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. Each year a "Neighborhood Convention" unveiled the projects to the community. London has a similar grants program for sustainable mobility improvements.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

1) neighborhood/district/city/county wide as part of a master plan; (2) within functional elements of a master plan such as transportation, housing, or economic development; and (3) within a specific project (e.g., how do we make this particular library or transit station or park or neighborhood "great"?);