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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

In response to our question, What is missing from the definition of conservancy? These sites and discussions showed that urban land conservation can have an expansive definition that includes projects to creatively fill community needs and address pressing challenges. How can land conservation honor community experiences?

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Quote on housing that's very apt: "As demand for housing rises, Philadelphia’s neighborhoods can either remain affordable or remain low-density. They cannot do both"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's relevant to both strong and weak markets, because even in weak markets, there probably isn't enough housing. Like a lot of Salt Lake west side is mostly single family housing. If you want to support schools, you need more population, and given the housing demographics there, that means multiunit housing.

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The Basics of Brownfield Redevelopment: Finding and Assessing Brownfields

Center for Community Progress

Other examples of brownfield properties include vacant lots with chronic illegal dumping , and housing built before 1989. However, there are no definitive local, state, or federal lists of brownfield properties. Cleanup plans vary depending on the intended end use of the site, extent of contamination, and applicable regulations.

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AI in intelligence analysis: Panacea or threat?

Open Access Government - Technology News

Accurate AI gives predictions, not definite outputs, in the same way intelligence analysts form assessments. Companies House Strategic Intelligence Assessment: Public version, Available online Companies House strategic intelligence assessment – GOV.UK M Hughes et al., Accessed 06/02/2025. Accessed 06/02/2025.

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Our Commitment to Code Enforcement: 2024 Recap

Center for Community Progress

Housing and building code enforcement is one of local governments most important tools to stabilize and strengthen neighborhoods. It also forms the foundation of other strategies to address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties, including land banking.

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Journey Maps Help You Find and Fix Problems

GovLoop

Key Definition: User Personas Generalized, research-based profiles of key customers that capture what an agency knows about its audience. The maps help agencies set priorities, allocate resources and identify process improvements, and they help ensure that government services are accessible and seamless. Heres how journey maps work.

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May is National Historic Preservation Month

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I've never attended, but always wanted to, the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Tour in Oak Park, Illinois. It's already sold out, Wright Plus, May 20th.

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