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A tech pipeline for rural communities: West Virginia joins AWS Tech Alliance

AWS Public Sector Blog

The initiative brings together a coalition of Fortune 500 companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders to better prepare learners for entry-level tech careers. Each Tech Alliance continues to improve tech talent readiness within its respective geography.

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SEVEN REASONS FOR THANKS ON THURSDAY

Barrett & Greene

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and we thought this was an appropriate time to dig into some of the state and local government news we’ve covered over the last year, which we think give people reason to have hope for the future. We hope they’ll give a reason for cheer. And Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Celebrating Legislative Wins to Combat Vacancy in Missouri and Alabama 

Center for Community Progress

Effective legislation is a vital piece of equipping state and local governments to effectively address vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties (VAD). This year, legislative sessions in Missouri and Alabama saw big wins to advance community revitalization. Missouri (HB 2062) In Missouri, the St.

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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

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. TB: Currently no local land bank in West Virginia has a dedicated full-time staff. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation.

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The Community-led Effort to Address Vacant and Abandoned Properties in St. Louis County, Missouri

Center for Community Progress

Louis County Board of Realtors, a housing advocacy nonprofit, legal aid, local elected and government officials, and residents. And, it can leave the worst vacant and abandoned properties in legal limbo for up to six years before local governments can gain control of them and help direct them to new uses. This month, Rep.

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GOVERNMENT INTERNET FRUSTRATIONS

Barrett & Greene

We get a great deal of information from the Internet for our work, and there’s little question that the easy access to tons of reports, studies, surveys, legislation, audits, budgets, meeting minutes, essays, graphs, etc., has revolutionized research and reporting on all fronts, not just state and local government.

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

Land bank funding mechanisms vary widely by state and local legislation. Government grants and/or appropriations, real estate revenue, and recurring local funding (tax recapture, delinquent tax, and assessment collection) are the top funding sources for respondents (Figure 5).