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Future of Government Awards 2023 celebrate use of technology to transform people’s lives

AWS Public Sector Blog

This diversity is apparent in the awardees who represent a broad array of sectors from healthcare to public service to education to agriculture. Released in 2019, GOV.BR Entries more than doubled from the inaugural 2022 edition, with 334 nominations from 63 countries across six continents.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

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federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. Governor Steve Bullock An accomplished lawyer, Steve Bullock served the State of Montana as Attorney General from 2009 to 2013, and as Governor from 2013 to 2021. Dr. Heather Wilson From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Heather Wilson served as Secretary of the U.S.

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Relearning old lessons: Urban economics, agglomeration economies, and adaptive reuse of "a large stock of old buildings"

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Attendance at Thursday night programs and networking events at Venture Care have drawn an average of 419 people this fall, up from353 in 2019. Part 1: Conceptualising Cultural Quarters is discussed in my original "Arts, culture districts and revitalization" entry in 2009, but updated a bunch of times. Stable arts funding.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah Health say they want the WVC facility to promote jobs and educational opportunities for the Valley's west side. The Apex Project includes renovation of the hospital’s Rammelkamp Center for Education and Research and a 700-car parking garage for patients and visitors. Anthony has posted operating income nearly every year since.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In 2009, I was appointed to serve on the Community Advisory Committee, representing the Eastern Market Preservation and Development Corporation. I stepped down when we moved to Salt Lake in late 2019, although I thought at the time somehow I'd be maintaining residences in both places. Master Plan contract, 2019.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Like Tower Hamlets' IdeaStores (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019), it should have been placed in the commercial district. What if the park sponsored daily educational enrichment activities for the young people in nearby neighborhoods?

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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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