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Great Smoky Mountains Host Citizen Observers

GovLoop

The citizen scientists’ contributions are part of a larger project called the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, which began in 1998 and is coordinated by the nonprofit Discover Life in America (DLiA). They’ve discovered at least 10,790 previously not recorded at that location. There’s also a tally of frequently seen species.

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Three ideas about presentation of African American History in the context of Black History Month | reprint with an addition about the US Civil Rights Trail (versus the Dixieland Trail)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

"Doors Open" events were pioneered in Europe , and are when a community's culture organizations band together to provide a coordinated schedule of events, usually over a weekend, where people get free access to various cultural sites and events, many of which are not normally open to the public. The Toronto Star even publishes an event guide.

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The author attributes Brookland's revitalization to President Garvey's efforts while I pointed out that the real estate development project he was inferring started at least 6 years before the president took office in 2011--the project starting delivering as he became president.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

594, 607 (2011). However, activities that satisfy the North Carolina Constitution’s “public purpose” requirement are not exclusive emoluments. See Blinson v. State , 186 N.C. 328, 342 (2007); see also Saine v. State , 210 N.C. The North Carolina Constitution (Art.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2022 Sammies gala

Partnership for Public Service

” But for the Partnership and its volunteers who coordinated the program, the Sammies is a year-long effort requiring collaboration and planning across various teams. From organizing the caterers to coordinating the award presenter lineup, many jobs are instrumental in planning and executing the Sammies gala.

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Florida's Brightline passenger rail as an opportunity to rearticulate and extend transit service in cities like Orlando

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A way to do this would be to organize transport associations in South Florida, Orlando, and Tampa, to coordinate transit services. It may be the best "in real life" example of the point I make about linking new infrastructure with complementary improvements across the transit network. There aren't plans to extend north up to Jacksonville.

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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

Get the parks working together and coordinated. I think there are two different approaches that could break the logjam, one would be the designation of this area as a National Heritage Area , where NPS helps to coordinate a variety of federal, state, local and private assets in an integrated fashion.