Elected Officials, Operations and Sustainability

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Sustainability

Working with Legislators to Promote Disaster Resilience

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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.

Legislation

Legislation Elected Officials Sustainability Implementation

A Policy Level Look at Emergency Management

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JUNE 1, 2021

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.

Management

Management Elected Officials Sustainability Public Works

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Getting Elected is the Easy Part

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2023

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.

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Legislation Campaign Sustainability

Seismic Neglect for Schools

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

JANUARY 25, 2022

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.

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Legislation Sustainability Management

Climate Action: Backed by Budget

Barrett & Greene

AUGUST 9, 2022

This allowed its Office of Management and Budget, in collaboration with the Sustainability and Resilience division of City Planning, to provide then Mayor William Peduto unprecedented insight into the city’s budget and its climate impacts. C increase above pre-industrial levels.

Budgeting

Budgeting Elected Officials Local Government Sustainability

Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

From the article: Metro’s prospects for replacing hundreds of millions of dollars in fare revenue that vanished during the pandemic appeared to be waning as stimulus money runs dry, particularly as weary elected officials watch the agency struggle during a year-long train shortage. It's really hard when you're failing.

Management

Management Elected Officials Transportation Budgeting

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

DC does not understand its "unique selling proposition" or "core competency" is being transit- and sustainable mobility-centric. Fifth, that activists and elected officials sure didn't understand how to be proactive (" The Silver Line WMATA story that WJLA-TV missed ," 2014). Adding a Tysons tram system to that list.

Elected Officials

Elected Officials Transportation Sustainability Operations

Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It took 13 years to make it operational after planning first started--by contrast it took Seattle four years, and they've since expanded. Even though transit usage is much reduced in DC post-covid, I don't think DC elected officials understand how central transit is to the city's competitive advantage and identity.

Public Administration

Public Administration Development Government Elected Officials

National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 19, 2023

I think that parks, libraries, sustainable mobility programs, and other civic assets are potential touchpoints for civic engagement and participation. Unlike DC's "constituency service" programs by Councilmembers and the Mayor's Office, these initiatives are designed to support DIY self-help efforts driven independently of elected officials.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Engagement Advocacy

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

MAY 19, 2022

The city and county both saw such a fund as beyond their own administrative capacity, and stakeholders said that it would probably need to be operated by a local community development financial institution. Additionally, the task force recognized that maintaining current data on blight is instrumental to sustained blight management.

Implementation

Implementation Development Community Development Elected Officials

Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 19, 2024

But by then, other cities, especially San Francisco ( Sustainable Mobility and Climate Action Strategy ) and New York City ( World Class Streets: Remaking New York City's Public Realm ) far outspanned DC in terms of improving public spaces. They remade it into a full park circle. commitment and time.

Parks And Recreation

Parks And Recreation Elected Officials Implementation Development

Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

One thing is certain: government alone does not have the resources to construct and operate the needed housing units. Elected officials and attorneys, who took oaths to uphold the state constitution, understandably wish to tread carefully. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

Local Government

Local Government Housing Government Laws

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

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. 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.

Transportation

Transportation Parks And Recreation Economic Development Urban Planning

". road redesigns are always going to controversial and challenging in an urban landscape designed for, but now overwhelmed by, cars"

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. US Department of Transportation backs down on sustainable mobility/Complete Streets programming.

Transportation

Transportation Sustainability Elected Officials Implementation

Public Administration Today

Working with Legislators to Promote Disaster Resilience

A Policy Level Look at Emergency Management

Trending Sources

Getting Elected is the Easy Part

Seismic Neglect for Schools

Climate Action: Backed by Budget

Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Metrorail Silver Line phase two opening this week

Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

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

Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

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

". road redesigns are always going to controversial and challenging in an urban landscape designed for, but now overwhelmed by, cars"

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