Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

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. As a result, many of these lots remain in municipal land banks for years.

Legislation 52

Legislation Operations Elected Officials Laws 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Educating and inspiring voters to get ready for the midterm elections. Since the 2020 election, over half of the states in the US have changed election laws. requirements, every state has different voting rules and regulations. From registration deadlines to absentee rules to I.D.

Voting 130

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Death and Taxes

OCTOBER 12, 2021

First, it allows revenue forecasters and budget analysts (amongst others) to more easily explain the forecast results, assumptions, limitations, and processes to elected officials, managers, and residents. What are the laws that govern motor vehicle taxes in North Carolina? Laws authorizing use. What goes into laws?

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Elected Officials Laws Local Government 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

At the same time planners (and elected officials) are supposed to be helping the citizens. Growth vs. shrinking | young vs. old | urban vs. suburban | historic preservation vs. limited building regulation. Planners are the classic example of boundary spanners. I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach.

Urban Planning 52

Urban Planning Elected Officials Housing Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

I stopped testifying when I realized that the city's elected officials either didn't understand or care.

Transportation 52

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 3, 2024

One of my earliest pieces " Town-City branding or "We are all destination managers now" " (2005) was later expanded into the concept of a city's elected officials and stakeholders are its brand managers in commercial district revitalization framework plans I wrote in 2008 for Cambridge, Maryland, and Brunswick, Georgia.

Elected Officials 52

Elected Officials Public Safety Management Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Interestingly, the local high school newspaper gets it even if elected officials and automobile dependent folks do not, " MOVE Culver City: Rethinking Urban Mobility in the Heart of Screenland ," Culver City High Centaurian. So some drivers can get to their destination two minutes faster. transit ," LAT.

Transportation 52

Transportation Sustainability Elected Officials Implementation 52