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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

According to the National Land Bank Networks 2023 State of Land Banking Survey, vacant lots account for 86 percent of all land bank properties and half of all survey respondents listed vacant land stewardship as one of their top priorities. the group called out community, stewardship, legacy, values, collaboration.

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Harnessing cloud solutions to tackle water challenges

AWS Public Sector Blog

Floodmapp, an Australian startup, has developed a real-time flood mapping and monitoring platform that uses AWS services such as AWS Batch and Amazon Elastic Container Service to provide accurate, location-specific flood data. This collaborative approach is crucial in addressing the complex, broad-reaching nature of water challenges.

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Using the cloud to advance collaborative water stewardship

AWS Public Sector Blog

A lack of available water quality data makes it difficult to provide decision support in water-related sectors such as food production, energy security, health, economic development, and climate change resilience. Learn more about AWS Water Stewardship. Data is key to addressing current water challenges. Learn more about DataStream.

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Getting drugs to market faster through better health data management on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Research and development (R&D) is the first and most critical stage in a medicine’s journey from lab to patient. Data is a critical part of the new drug product life cycle management and journey. Data plays a pivotal role in supply, demand, and real-time monitoring of the drug supply chain by medicine authorities.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). In their previous role at the West Virginia Community Development Hub, Bennett worked as the primary statewide convener and advocate for land bank-based policies. Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021.

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New Study Shows Land Bank Ownership of Vacant Lots Can Reduce Violent Crime

Center for Community Progress

Land banks across the United States are managing more and more vacant properties—86 percent of which are vacant lots. Community-Engaged Stewardship : Due to widespread vacant properties in Flint, there are more properties in GCLBA’s inventory than what their crews can maintain. More intensive forms of GCLBA stewardship (i.e.,

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What Policymakers Need to Know About New and Evolving Publicly-Driven Housing Development Models in the U.S.

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab. A Decline In U.S.

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