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A Community Program Is Transforming New York Schoolyards Into Climate-Resilient Spaces

The City Fix

In Brooklyn, one of New York City’s five boroughs, a new schoolyard features newly-planted native trees offering shade and bright playground equipment that sits adjacent to a track and turf field. Colorful murals celebrating the diversity of its Boreum Hill.

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Second Chance Re-Entry Program

The Whistle Post

Job search help is offered through a recruitment agency, Engage Staffing. The total cost of Second Chance Re-Entry Program is $750,000 is funded through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Second Chance Act Community Programs. Auxiliary aids and services are available to individuals with disabilities upon request.

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Singapore’s National Library Board aims to unlock country’s rich heritage with AR app built by AWS Partner NCS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Breaking down the challenge to make heritage appealing to all The NCS Cloud Innovation for Communities (CIC) program team was tasked with making Singapore’s rich history and heritage more appealing across all generations through engaging experiences powered by cutting-edge technologies.

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The second cohort of the county's Community Planning Lab wrapped up last month after the class spent weeks learning about urban development and design, planning and zoning, public engagement, affordable housing, transportation, land use and more. Citizen engaged planning practice. Photo: David Jackson, Park Record.

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City of Boulder, CO Integrates PBB into Budget as the "Framework within which all Budget Decisions are Made!"

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

In the 2015 budget process, the city engaged in a streamlined PBB process, recognizing the significant work that had been done in prior years, as well as the demands on staff related to flood recovery and the implementation of an integrated Finance and Human Resources business solutions software package.

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Programming for Success in Parks and Recreation

Let's Talk Parks

But how does one learn the art and science of creating these programs? How does one measure the effectiveness of programs, and what does it look like for programs to thrive? Most importantly, how do we ensure these community programs are acccessible and inclusive for our community?

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Still, for decades, not one DC-based university was a member of the Coalition of Metropolitan and Urban Universities, and none really have a stellar urban studies program. And at the University of Maryland, community programs serving area communities seem to wax and wane depending on the university's economic circumstances.