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REBRANDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Barrett & Greene

We are pretty sure that for the most part they have little or no idea what kinds of jobs local government can offer aside from the obvious ones like police, fire, and sanitation. This is particularly dismaying for the two of us who have devoted our careers to this corner of the world.

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

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Level of service a s a public administration term The term Level of Service is typically thought of in transportation term is used to refer to vehicle throughput, functioning of intersections, etc. This foue-part series covers the gaps I've identified so far. and they collect special monies to pay for it. Technically.

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30 Most Interesting Water Safety and Management Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

From how to efficiently distribute water to the public, making sure water is sanitized or managing the sewage or waste water, this broad term has many meanings. Building a Smarter Planet – Smarter Water This blog is a spin-off of the Smarter Planet sect and discusses water management on a global level.

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Trash piled up around a trash/waste can/container at London Fields Park, on a nice weather weekend, London

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Reddit photo. Many parks and business improvement districts provide more limited services on weekends, when these districts may have more patronage not less, but it doesn't comport with "business hours." They need to have more frequent pick up on weekends. This has to do with planning for seasonality and 12 month parks.