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Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot to Open the 2022 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference

Center for Community Progress

August 18, 2022 – The Center for Community Progress (Community Progress) is honored to announce Dr. Ibram X. More information about the 2022 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference, including a complete conference program, is available online at reclaimingvacantproperties.org. Pre-registration ends August 31, 2022.

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Community Progress Welcomes 2022 Community Revitalization Fellows from New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

May 24, 2022 – The Center for Community Progress (Community Progress) is honored to share the participants for the 2022-23 Community Revitalization Fellowship (CRF). These cohorts participate in learning exchanges in each other’s communities that feature a mix of technical and leadership trainings as well as local neighborhood tours.

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Innovating, investing, and improving: AWS Summit New Delhi and AWS Summit Singapore 2022 keynote recaps

AWS Public Sector Blog

“Since the launch of the Singapore Region in 2010, AWS has invested over $6.51 And, in 2022 alone, AWS created 1,000 jobs in Singapore. billion US dollars in local infrastructure,” said Elsie.

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New “Blight Elimination Program” Offers Transformative Grant Funding to Rural and Urban Michigan Communities

Center for Community Progress

LANSING, MI – On June 30, 2022, the Michigan State House and Senate passed H.B. Leadership included Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Stamas (R-36), Sen. Leadership on the House side included House Appropriations Committee Chair Thomas Albert (R-86) and Rep. Kenneth Horn (R-32), and Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-23).

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5 public sector technology predictions for 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

At AWS re:Invent 2022, I connected with inspiring customers around the world who are using the cloud to drive innovation in government, education, nonprofit, space, and healthcare. And of 1,022 spacecraft placed in orbit during the first six months of 2022, the majority— 958 —were from the commercial sector.

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It's not the age of the housing stock, but the ability of property owners to maintain it: Disinvestment in Pittsburgh

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

They gave one of best ever community tours I've been on at a conference (" Artists bring flourish to Penn Avenue ," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , " A Transformed Penn Avenue ," Pittsburgh Magazine , Vacancy to Vitality in Pittsburgh’s East End: Penn Avenue Arts Initiative , case study, Metris Arts Consulting ). Louis: -- " St.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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