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How the City of Canton worked with Wi-Fiber to build a safer and more connected community

AWS Public Sector Blog

Canton’s public safety, traffic management, parks and recreations, libraries, community centers, city hall, and housing authority have all benefited from a unique user experience. In 2020, the City of Canton, Ohio set out to build a better, safer, and more connected community. Today, the city is nearly there.

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Community safety partnership for MacArthur Park in Los Angeles?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I wrote a piece suggesting something similar for the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake (" Creating 'community safety partnership neighborhood management programs as a management and mitigation strategy for public nuisances: Part 3 (like homeless shelters) ," 2020). Theyre going to try ," LA Daily News ).The

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Celebrating Pride Month in Parks and Recreation — Episode 138

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

So far in 2023, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced and more than 75 signed into law as of the time of this recording – the worst year on record. On today’s episode, we’re looking back at some of our previous episodes discussing LGBTQ+ inclusion in parks and recreation.

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Safely Celebrate Earth Day with Parks and Recreation — Episode 064

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Earth Day has been a critical event since its inception in 1970 – in fact, in response to the very first Earth Day, landmark environmental laws like The Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act were created, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part One | Defining Levels of Service for individual parks

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I am on the board of Sugar House Park, which is owned by both the city and county, so it has some interesting intergovernmental issues. My background in planning, including parks planning, provides a knowledge base they didn't have access to before. Still, there is tension between being more active or more passive.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Addressing vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties—what some call “ blighted ” properties—is not just a “city” problem. Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021.

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Bringing Context to Quality of Life Ratings

Barrett & Greene

Additional partners joining GPAL will include: the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), performance management software company Envisio, the Arizona State U, and the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.