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Working with Legislators to Promote Disaster Resilience

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

One of the additional duties for emergency managers at the local level is to make and maintain connections with local and state elected officials. One of the additional duties for emergency managers at the local level is to make and maintain connections with local and state elected officials.

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A Policy Level Look at Emergency Management

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Sometimes the position of emergency manager reports to a senior appointed official like the public works director or the fire chief. Others report directly to an elected official, mayor, fire chief or county commissioners. I was fortunate to work for a senior appointed official—a Deputy County Executive.

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Getting Elected is the Easy Part

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

She recently had a book published, Getting Elected is the Easy Part: Work and Winning in the State Legislature In this podcast we learn about her personal experiences and then also dive more deeply into her advice for people aspiring to be elected officials.

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Seismic Neglect for Schools

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

Call and email your city, county and state elected officials, your school principals, school district and then contact the respective Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to tell them to take action. Besides listening to this podcast you can go to the website Seismic Safety for Kids to learn more.

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Developing and Implementing Property Remediation Strategies in Urban and Rural Communities in the Lehigh Valley: A Case Study of Bethlehem and Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Center for Community Progress

Although implementing the recommendations has not been without difficulty, the city had the organizational infrastructure, data collection expectations, and working relationships in place to do so. Additionally, the task force recognized that maintaining current data on blight is instrumental to sustained blight management.

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. Promoting biking, walking, and other sustainable modes is another element of TDM. Years ago, Arlington County, Virginia used to sponsor a sustainable mobility expo. I'd say definitely not, the ridership is abysmal.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Gosh, years ago I wrote about an approach to planning I called "action planning," focused on implementation, and to be successful included elements of social marketing and branding and identity. Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years.