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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Traffic calming has been a revolutionary treatment in sustainable mobility focused transportation for the last 20+ years. Like many cities, Salt Lake is a leader in trying to balance the modes with a renewed focus on sustainable modes--walking, biking, and transit.

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Partnership unveils the 2024 Service to America Medals® finalists

Partnership for Public Service

Volcker Career Achievement – recognizing a federal employee for leading significant and sustained accomplishments throughout a federal career of 20 or more years. White House Cabinet Secretary Evan Ryan delivered special remarks. The finalists also visited the White House later in the day.

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America is at a crossroads with its infrastructure future

American City & Country

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. It does not matter if it is climate change-related or man-made.

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Strathcona County Updating Priority-Based Strategic Plan

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

The Mayor’s Task Force on housing, they just reached out to so many more sectors of the public and. Council members voted unanimously to approve the revised strategic plan and corporate business plan. I’m mindful of our task forces. the task force on mature neighbourhoods.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

IDEM – Clean Air Tip This site goes beyond the usual and shows you how to reduce your pollution contribution at the office and around the house. Clean Energy Fuels One of the last ways we vote is with our dollar, so learn about the companies that run their delivery trucks using clean fuels.

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Income Inequality and Democratic Backsliding

The Lowe Down

Democratic backsliding is the state-led debilitation or elimination of the institutions sustaining democracy. Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. Those who are concerned about democratic backsliding are concerned about these tenets being undermined. “Our

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