The City Fix

JULY 5, 2024

Every three years, ICLEI hosts the ICLEI World Congress to showcase how subnational actors advance sustainable urban development worldwide. The most recent installment, ICLEI World Congress 2024, held June 18-21 in São Paulo, Brazil, converged over 1,500 global attendees to.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

In fact, a significant new resource on local food system development (discussed below) was released just this morning. Reducing Market Barriers to Sustainable Farm/Food Businesses: A Business/Consumer Perspective . This program targets both economic development and community development. Historically, perhaps not as much.

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Grant Training Center

JUNE 17, 2024

These include: Increasing emphasis on grants that address pressing societal issues, such as climate change, public health, and social inequality. For example, there has been a surge in grants for renewable energy research, community health initiatives and programs aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion in various fields.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 29, 2024

For forward-thinking governments and government leaders, EV infrastructure is something of a no-brainer—it lays the groundwork for a fully electric future that matches contemporary sustainability goals and eventual cost savings. EVs represent a critical component of their strategy. EVs represent a critical component of their strategy.

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Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. Lots with overgrowth, dumping, and other signs of deterioration discourage positive social interaction and have adverse effects on the physical and mental health of residents. . In this chapter, Laney A.

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Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

MARCH 5, 2024

and a Master’s Degree in Public Health and Homeland Security from the Pennsylvania State University. and a Master’s Degree in Public Health and Homeland Security from the Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the Widener University Law School, Wilmington, Del.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 11, 2023

Investments to address problem properties and improve housing stock can improve residents’ quality of life, strengthen public health, and foster a more engaged community. Recent white and grey papers have explored the limits and concerns of FEMA’s flood risk map , however, development continues unencumbered in these watersheds.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 10, 2022

. -- Walk & Roll to School Day Although it's sadly pretty rare, this day should be leveraged by school districts, planning agencies, and transportation departments as a way to promote sustainable mobility options to get to and from school. And this should be for schools at all levels: elementary; junior and senior highs.

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Grant Training Center

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Biden Administration’s FY 2022 Budget for higher education signals support for innovation in agriculture and science, climate change, rural development and access as well as equity via the funding of minority institutions. The majority of the funds, $7 million, is to develop a federal data service. National Science Foundation – $1.7

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The City Fix

JANUARY 3, 2023

When India’s federal government announced a public health lockdown on March 24, 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it generated desperate scenes. Economic activity ground to a halt. Millions of migrant workers traveled back to their home states.

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Social Pinpoint

AUGUST 9, 2023

Tapping into community knowledge also empowers providers to deliver tangible benefits and better address social issues, such as inequality, public health, and climate change. Partnering with local communities.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 12, 2023

In addition, a good grant writing class should provide guidance on various types of grants available including corporate, foundation, public health,, and other government grants and awards. Develop a Winning Grant Proposal A quality grant writing class will provide you with the skills to develop a winning grant proposal.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 28, 2024

In periods of economic uncertainty, the ability to craft compelling and persuasive grant proposals can be critical in determining whether an organization can sustain operations and vital services. Securing grant funding can provide the stability needed to maintain programs, launch new initiatives, and continue making a positive impact.

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The City Fix

JUNE 24, 2021

The global coronavirus pandemic brought a wave of public and private initiatives to help societies adapt and recover, from economic stabilization and safety measures to new business models and shifts in consumption. Many of these initiatives are not green, despite. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Although to be fair to public health departments, many do address it. I had no idea, but more people die in most cities from drug overdoses, not murders (" Drug overdoses now kill more Americans than guns ," CBS News, " Overdose Deaths Continue Rising, With Fentanyl and Meth Key Culprits ," New York Times ).

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Along the Ngong River in Mukuru, one of Nairobi’s slum neighborhoods and home to more than 100,000 people, residents face a dual threat when the rains come. First, the river rises, flooding into streets and houses. Then the water reaches. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The world recently experienced a 13-month streak of record-breaking global temperatures. And as blistering heat waves punish communities across several continents, 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record. Global average temperatures are now perilously close to exceeding 1.5.

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The City Fix

JULY 8, 2021

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing epidemic of air pollution continues around the world. The problem is particularly neglected in Brazil, where air pollution kills about 51,000 people every year, yet the country lacks strong policy for reducing pollutant emissions. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Social Pinpoint

JULY 10, 2023

For instance, let’s consider a community project aimed at collaborating with a local school to develop innovative teaching methods. For example, let’s say you are involved in a public health campaign that targets mental health issues within a particular community.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

2020 brought tremendous disruption to the global transportation sector. As the world coped with a pandemic, millions began working from home and millions more lost their jobs. Logistics networks were broken and then reshaped. All while the planet experienced the. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Parks with extraordinary environmental features face big losses in the face of sustained heat. Trees as Nature-Based “Shade Sails” ," American Journal of Public Health ). national parks are trying to go carbon-free. national parks are trying to go carbon-free. for interpretation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Public health agencies are looking to modernize their infrastructure to make sure that their health solutions can scale equitably and reliably in any situation. Learn how AWS brought together three governmental public health agencies and partners to create scalable solutions that support public health.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Main Street commercial district revitalization practice grew out of HP and a desire to save "old buildings" in the face of the development of shopping centers, chain retail, and broken microeconomies. Very soon into my writing, before the blog, a bunch of DC cultural institutions failed, so this became an ongoing topic.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 19, 2023

Stephen Rocks, an economist with the Health Foundation, a research organisation, said there had been “a very sustained under-investment in capital” over the austerity years of the 2010s, which had “left the NHS with insufficient capital investment to deliver the care patients need”.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Baptist Health South Florida is developing a patient cohort-retrieval application using advanced technologies, including generative AI and information retrieval techniques. The Lieber Institute for Brain Development is using generative AI to design new medications for complex disorders such as schizophrenia.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Transit Equity Day , set by the American Public Transportation Association as February 4th , during African American/Black History Month, is one way to acknowledge this. Also see Labor Network for Sustainability. But when a concerted organizing campaign was developed, she was chosen to be the face.

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