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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

We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). As a result of working with many communities struggling under the weight of vacant, abandoned, and dilapidated properties, APC and the Law Clinic joined forces to develop a toolkit that would help local governments.

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Approaches to Rural Property Vacancy in Law and Policy

Center for Community Progress

Eisenberg , associate professor of law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, discusses the unique challenges and approaches to addressing vacancy in rural communities. The post Approaches to Rural Property Vacancy in Law and Policy appeared first on Center for Community Progress. In this chapter, Ann M.

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Finding the Return on Investment in Interpretation

Park Leaders

Stewardship Staircase: The framework of the “staircase of the visitor experience” encompasses the 5 core services along the Staircase to Stewardship. It provides a strategic way to guide visitors towards stewardship and reflects the diversity of the communities the parks serve.

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Lessons from 2022 VAD Academy

Center for Community Progress

Revise laws and ordinances and change problematic policies and practices. In an example that West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett shared, property tax sale process reform efforts in West Virginia had stalled. If you’re wondering “What can I do about vacant properties in my community?”

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New Report on Ten Years of Land Banking in New York Offers Compelling Metrics of Success, Useful Lessons, and a Lot of Inspiration

Center for Community Progress

Like in many states, a mix of ineffective laws, partisan divisions, and the allure of maintaining the status quo made reforming this local process difficult. I had a front-row seat into the harms of auctioning off tax-foreclosed properties , particularly low-value residential properties, but thought, what could be done?

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no. Decker, Andrew.

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The Philosophy of the Federal Cyber Data Lake (CDL): A Thought Leadership Approach

Microsoft Public Sector

If data is consolidated in a central monolithic, stringent data stewardship is crucial, especially concerning data segmentation, access controls, and classification. This supports Zero Trust initiatives in Federal agencies and aligns with Federal cybersecurity regulations, data privacy laws, and current TLS encryption standards.