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Islands of innovation: Creating smart and sustainable European marinas and ports

AWS Public Sector Blog

A common cloud-based data platform is a foundational step toward improving operations. Such platforms enable connections between stakeholders, management of the flow of vessels and passengers, and optimized social, economic, and environmental outcomes. Islands by their nature require ways to get to them and ways to leave.

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Expanding Opportunity for Low-Wage Workers through Systems Alignment

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Low-wage work does not typically provide the financial stability many people ultimately seek from employment, nor does it enable career pathways that lead to greater economic mobility in most instances. that will require connective organizational infrastructures and robust social capital to be sustained.

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What’s Going On with ARP Infrastructure Investment in North Carolina?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

So far, local governments have budgeted a little over 60% of their total SLFRF funds across a wide range of service areas, with the largest share going to government operations. The data reflect adopted budgets only, not proposals or expenses. Nationally, only about 11% of adopted budget ARP dollars have gone to infrastructure projects.

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Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, Japan, as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning | Planning and executing complementary improvements across the transit network + advances in transit marketing

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Transit oriented development is economic development. The Shinkansen are high speed rail services operating at a speed of 150-200 mph. Complementary improvements for the transit network and economic development. Watching the program was seeing TPAS in action. Shin Omura Station serving Nagasaki Airport.

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New report: The economic impact of the new AWS Region in the Middle East

AWS Public Sector Blog

The EIS details how AWS plans to invest in the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region during 2022-2036, including both capital and operating expenditures associated with establishing and operating this new Region. New UAE Region strengthens sustainability efforts in the Middle East. Further, AWS infrastructure was found to be 3.6

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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation

AWS Public Sector Blog

These incentives standardize processes and motivate behaviors that achieve the objectives of these initiatives in a way that can be sustained over time. Examples of successful government partnerships for transformation also include the development of cloud procurement agreements, cloud-first policies, and digital marketplaces.

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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

WVLSC operates as the statewide land bank for VAD properties, including those that have known or suspected environmental issues, and takes title to those properties to prepare them for redevelopment. We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). in West Virginia.