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Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Could Be the Missing Piece in Fighting Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

These properties, as Community Progress Senior Fellow Alan Mallach recently discussed on NPR’s 1A , actively harm neighbors and neighborhoods by threatening public health and safety, keeping residents from building wealth, and destabilizing local government finances.

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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. A complete revolution in how local governments utilize their limited resources to the benefit of the communities they serve.

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

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

By 2009/2010, ICMA, GFOA, NLC and the Alliance for Innovation urged us to broaden our ability to serve many local governments surviving the Great Recession. The Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) was created “ to produce a replicable and scalable methodology and toolset for all local governments” to use.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. German VV as the model for DC.

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With the post-covid decline of Downtowns, arts and cultural institutions are affected too

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Also see: -- " How Sonoma County theaters are trying to survive in a post-COVID world ," Santa Rosa Press Democrat -- " New Pike Place Market venue aims to rekindle Seattle’s arts scene ," Crosscut -- " Seattle arts events are back, but audiences are hesitant ," Crosscut -- " What Does It Take to Run a Museum?

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