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Are combination inspectors a good choice for municipalities?

American City & Country

The fire in London spurred renewed scrutiny of fire safety regulations globally following a report that showed there was a drive by both major political parties to free businesses from the burden of safety regulations. Throughout history, the adoption and enforcement of building codes came as a last step instead of the first.

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

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Simplify Municipal Data Analytics & Reporting

AccessE11

This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights. The real-time nature of digital reporting means that city managers and officials have immediate access to up-to-date information. It also contributes to a lag in the flow of information.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The private persona of a GSE is that it is owned and capitalized by the private sector and operated as a for-profit company. Second, it’s unreasonable to assume the design could work effectively through many decades of often unpredictable changes in markets, legislation, and regulation. mortgage originations.

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Simplify Municipal Data Analytics & Reporting

AccessE11

This transition not only promises to streamline operations but also to significantly enhance decision-making through real-time data and insights. The real-time nature of digital reporting means that city managers and officials have immediate access to up-to-date information. It also contributes to a lag in the flow of information.

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Newspaper acquisition as an element of a conservative agenda

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Baltimore Banner is an online media source, owned by Stewart Bainum, who created Choice Hotels and an assisted living group, and was an elected official. In Alabama , to shape discourse on utility regulation, Alabama Power has created a news service (" How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news ," Guardian ).

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I stopped testifying when I realized that the city's elected officials either didn't understand or care. The NTHP used to have a great cultural heritage tourism operation but they junked it. Truthful study of event tourism finds that the economic impact of spending is much more limited than touted.