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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.

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The Benefits of Community Engagement for Universities and Colleges

Social Pinpoint

For the universities, working with Ipswich City Council meant that they could have access to the streets within the local government area and set up heat sensors, while also tapping into the council’s local network to raise awareness of the project.

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ACTION, DATA, EVOLVE! 3 Ground Breaking Moments from the CPBB (Un)Conference

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

PBB 2.0 – Launch of the PBB Community and the power of it’s users Evolution of the Master Plan: from “implementing PBB” to “using PBB data to make positive change” In 2008, Jon and I had one simple plan: bail out Jefferson County, Colorado from their multi-million dollar deficit. The roots of PBB came to life to fulfill that mission.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I will say that adaptive management is a lot like my old "Action Planning" approach, which uses the design method, and dates back to 2008 and observation of best practice then. Transformational Projects Action Planning. Action Planning is a framework with five inter-connected components: 1. Design Method rather than Rational Planning 2.

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10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

The concept proved so successful that the franchise has turned its attention to more urban areas, while the original site was converted into a museum in 2010. Indeed, according to local government officials, there are around 2,000 in the Xuhui district of Shanghai alone. Bunker Wohnen (Apartments) – Bremen, Germany.

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Top 50 City Government Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

You can also get links to local government, such as the city office and several high schools. Mayor Jeff Graham discusses everything from the latest local happenings to items in global headlines. Categories include good government, hot topics, and reflections. His goal is to make government run like a big business.

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Revisiting what I wrote about in 2010/2012 back to the fore: regional cultural funding in Greater Detroit

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2010 and 2012 I wrote about such initiatives for the Detroit Zoo (actually located in Oakland County) and the Detroit Institute of Arts, which were caught up in the city's bankruptcy. mill tax for the Detroit Zoo they approved in 2008. Brooks Patterson (" The rise of Oakland County is built on Detroit's Fall ") died).

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