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Salt Lake City Capital Improvement Program process allows for citizen initiated projects

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Citizen-initiated projects are managed and constructed by one of the four city divisions deemed the subject area for the project (Parks and Public Lands, Public Works and Transportation, Economic Development & Neighborhoods, etc.). Generally they are supposed to.

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Earth Day Part 1: DC isn't achieving its sustainability goals wrt waste diversion

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Department of Public Works (DPW) released earlier this year, pushed the target date back eight years. I've written about DC's waste practices for years (" More on zero waste practice and DC ," 2015). A long-awaited Zero Waste DC Plan , which the D.C. It's important, but hard to do at scale when you only focus on food waste.