article thumbnail

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.

2010 91
article thumbnail

One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

For instance, Dawson County, Georgia indicates in their 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report that transfers are used to “1) supplement operating budgets, 2) help fund construction projects and debt service, and 3) move the County’s matching portion on federal and state grants.”.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

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

Civic Engagement & Democracy at the foundation = citizen at the center I also used that model when creating the Western Baltimore County Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Plan back in 2010 (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method "). The Design Method The updated list. commitment and time.

article thumbnail

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. Brooks Patterson (" The rise of Oakland County is built on Detroit's Fall ") died). Hamilton County, Ohio tried to create one but failed. Conclusion.

2010 52
article thumbnail

Gerrymandering in Utah

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But since we moved here in Fall 2019 it's only gotten worse--partly because I am now more familiar at a granular level of the b.s. In the 2010 cycle they divided Salt Lake County into three of the four districts. But I thought it would be okay, because Salt Lake County and City is pretty progressive, all things considered.

2010 52