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Using the cloud to advance collaborative water stewardship

AWS Public Sector Blog

State and local governments, academia, associations, and consultancies from across Canada have leveraged the DataStream platform as an input to regional and national-scale water assessments to inform research, decision making, and design of water monitoring programs. Learn more about AWS Water Stewardship.

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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). TB: Currently no local land bank in West Virginia has a dedicated full-time staff. Soon we’ll also be offering additional legal support for land banks of local governments that do not have a fulltime city attorney.

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What Policymakers Need to Know About New and Evolving Publicly-Driven Housing Development Models in the U.S.

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

State and local governments are exploring ways to take a more direct role in financing, preserving, and developing housing to address the nation’s housing shortage with an array of public development models, according to a new policy brief by the NYU Furman Center and its Housing Solutions Lab.

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Islands innovating to future-proof water resources

AWS Public Sector Blog

Islands can be testbeds for sustainable innovation that can help address these needs. But how can European Islands and other territories begin creating a smart and sustainable island strategy?

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

As was reported in 2021, residents and local institutions are still the most frequent recipients of land bank properties. To target housing affordability, many land banks are forming partnerships with mission-driven entities focused on quality, sustainable, and affordable housing.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

CLTs provide a community ownership approach to providing affordable housing, trying to balance the homeowner desire to build equity with the community and societal desire to maintain an affordable housing stock and the desire of local governments and other funders to sustain housing intervention funding. Housing Studies 34, no.

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CPBB Teams with Toledo Regional Chamber to Bring Priority Based Budgeting to the City of Toledo, Ohio

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

At the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) , we're constantly impressed and amazed at just how innovative local government communities can be. "The Toledo Chamber’s jointly funded venture with the City is the first of its kind public-private partnership in the world to bring Priority Based Budgeting into a community."