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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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Re-“View”ing How to Win BIL Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Nicknamed Justice40, this initiative challenges local governments and nonprofit agencies to actively engage people living in disadvantaged communities in participating in the planning of major infrastructure improvements such as bridges, public transportation, clean air and water initiatives, and more.

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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

Government Accountability Office notes that its auditors have made 712 recommendations to federal agencies since 2010, 21% of which have not been implemented. Just the sheer volume of remaining work can be daunting. In a January 2023 report, the U.S.

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Remote workers: When do they count for local economic development incentives?

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

And for local governments engaged in business location incentive negotiations with private employers, the prospect of remote or hybrid workers must now be explicitly addressed. Local government elected officials and all attorneys have sworn an oath to uphold the state constitution, which is the supreme law of the land.

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National Library Week, 4/7 - 4/13

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I was reading an article about Reagan, transit and cities, and it was the first article that put the funding cuts under the title of "austerity" which has been the British Conservative Government's policy since 2010 of defunding local government and local services (" How austerity (and ideology) broke Britain ," Guardian ).

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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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5 public sector technology predictions for 2023

AWS Public Sector Blog

When AWS started our public sector business in 2010, customers were primarily attracted to cloud for two reasons: to save money, and to promote efficiencies by hosting websites on the cloud and using cloud storage. We hope these predictions will help guide and inspire you as you continue your digital transformation journey.