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Oregon’s drug decriminalization aimed to make cops a gateway to rehab, not jail. State leaders failed to make it work.

GCN

Just over three years since Oregon voters passed Ballot Measure 110, elected officials want to repeal key elements, blaming the law for open drug use and soaring overdoses. But it’s their own hands-off approach that isn’t working, advocates say.

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Walmart to close one of its three DC stores

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC, not being particularly sophisticated politically, was ripe for the picking, and local elected officials welcomed them with open arms. But the elected officials wanted it to happen - - JOBS! And it had one of the best transportation demand management signs I've ever seen in a retail store. To Open Dec.

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TOO MUCH DATA – TOO LITTLE TIME

Barrett & Greene

But while our administration supports efforts to make law enforcement more transparent, more just, and more accountable, this bill would take officers away from policing our streets and engaging with the community. On Tuesday, January 30, the City Council is expected to override the Mayor’s veto, with the bill then becoming law.

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Urban planning when things are going well: DC, 2014 (The Office of Planning under Harriet Tregoning)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. I think it is the job of an office of planning to name-identify these kinds of issues, for citizens and elected officials, and to help us work through them and come to as much of a consensus understanding as is possible.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. Ohio’s Traditional Land Bank Law. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008.

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Does digitization make sense for small municipalities?

AccessE11

Responses were received from individuals in a broad range of job roles including day to day users of the system and managers needing a higher level view of service activities and issues. The remainder were reliant on manual processes including email and excel for managing the lifecycle of their citizen service requests.

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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

Both the city and the countywide plans and efforts to implement them illustrate how data can bring stakeholders together around a shared understanding of current conditions and goals, transform difficult conversations into productive working sessions, help municipal staff achieve results, and maintain momentum for blight management.