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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

According to the National Land Bank Networks 2023 State of Land Banking Survey, vacant lots account for 86 percent of all land bank properties and half of all survey respondents listed vacant land stewardship as one of their top priorities. the group called out community, stewardship, legacy, values, collaboration.

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New Study Shows Land Bank Ownership of Vacant Lots Can Reduce Violent Crime

Center for Community Progress

Land banks across the United States are managing more and more vacant properties—86 percent of which are vacant lots. Community-Engaged Stewardship : Due to widespread vacant properties in Flint, there are more properties in GCLBA’s inventory than what their crews can maintain.

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How NPOs and NGOs embrace digital transformation for sustainability with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

These organizations play a pivotal role in promoting environmental sustainability through advocacy, conservation projects, community engagement, and research. Working closely with local communities, they foster sustainable practices and build capacity for environmental stewardship.

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Collaborating for sustainability: How higher education and cloud providers foster change

AWS Public Sector Blog

Fostering innovation means creating the right environment with supporting processes that enable university researchers, students, and external partners to engage effectively. Innovation is essential in developing solutions that address global sustainability challenges.

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Resident Engagement in Vacant Lot Greening: Empowering Communities for Neighborhood Revitalization

Center for Community Progress

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. In contrast, when the management of vacant lots is effectively addressed at scale through greening programs, these lots can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. In this chapter, Laney A.

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Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Emerging Partners for a Resilient and Equitable Recovery

Center for Community Progress

Multiracial leadership and white leadership that are actively engaged with, learning from, and seeking to share and turn over power to Black leadership and Black-led organizations will begin to address the needed systemic changes. 2.

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Vacant Land is More Than a Single Lot—it’s a System.

Center for Community Progress

Redefining vacant land as a system also highlights the importance of engaging stakeholders in achieving community development goals. Here are some examples of how vacant land can integrate with other systems, like transportation, stormwater management, and economics, along with neighborhood life.