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Detroit needs a transformational projects action plan for the Renaissance Center, the adjoining waterfront and business district, and transit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: These projects also set dangerous precedents, providing a formula for both developers and city officials, desperate to revive their sagging downtowns. Called public-private partnerships, they were in fact publicly subsidized private developments. We argue about house flippers--most do a bad job.

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Generating program-defining insights in seconds for child, adult, senior, and military services

AWS Public Sector Blog

Housing data this way allows us to analyze it by demographic as well as program or service. We consulted with our AWS account team on the specific needs of our organization, identified our knowledge gaps and sought training, and developed a roadmap for our transition to the cloud.

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Collaboration with career staff is critical to appointees’ success

Partnership for Public Service

In addition to doing hands-on onboarding sessions with the Office of Presidential Personnel, the Center has developed new online resources for appointees to review as they start a new role. Within a day, I developed a deep respect for the expertise and drive of all the career staff in the office.

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Three Options for Managing References in Grant Proposals and Other Documents

Peak Proposals

Before we discuss each tool, we want to give a quick overview of what a reference manager is and why you may want to add one to your proposal development toolbox. Scholarly journals, publishing houses, online news sites, and even government agencies use specific styles for referencing information. What Is a Reference Manager?

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Need Is Not Enough To Win Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

From dubious quizzes about your soul mate in 1980s women’s magazines to Buzzfeed’s endless supply of “decorate your dream house, and we’ll guess your eye color,” I’m always game to give it a go and rarely seem to match up with what should be the correct answer. I’m a sucker for a quiz. It’s all in fun.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

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. Other developments. Public Library is getting into book publishing. Photo: Martin do Nascimento, KQED.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Eight | Civic Engagement and Positive Promotion of Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Public facing civic assets--libraries, parks, schools, sustainable mobility programs like walking, biking, and transit, Safe Routes to School, public markets, farmers markets, etc.--should at farmers and public markets. These kinds of ideas can be extended to other public facing programs.