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Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #3

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

The post Reflections on government and COVID19: expertise, the role of government, the new public work, social imagination and beating the binary #3 appeared first on Public Purpose.

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The Challenge of Performance Management in Community Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The heads of these services sometimes report directly to the city/county managers, or they may function as a unit within other departments, ranging from code enforcement and public works to health and human services to economic development.

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Another lost opportunity in parks planning: Joint Management Plan for Cromwell Valley Park; Lock Raven Reservoir; and the Northern Central Trail in Baltimore County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Loch Raven Reservoir isn't a park per se, it's part of the regional water system, and owned and operated by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works. Cromwell Valley Park is a Baltimore County park.

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Cook County property taxes

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

urban past since the eighties has featured decreasing levels of public sector funding and involvement with urban affairs, Hennepin County voluntarily took on substantial additional financial and political commitments with this program. HCW began here in 1994 as a public works program initially intended to address declining property values.