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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

On September 20, 2022, Americans celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive cross-country effort to register voters ahead of the federal midterm elections. HeadCount also leverages Vote.org , the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan voting registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) technology platform in America, powered by AWS.

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Purple Line Corridor Coalition study: Same Old, Same Old | Gentrification will result from investment in transit infrastructure

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The study came from the public-private Purple Line Corridor Coalition, a group composed of government officials, community activists, nonprofits, companies and academics. Poster board from the 2014 meetings. The second biggest thing I learned was the need for focused and effective implementation organizations. CDC,s can be such a tool.

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I wonder if Mayor Fenty hadn't dissolved the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in 2007, merging it into another city agency, if development would have happened faster?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While the department doesn’t provide direct medical services on-site, DC Health does focus on making federal dollars work for city residents, funding nonprofits and community groups working with people who need public health resources.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

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Copyright © 2022 by CRA Today LLC. (No Copyright © 2022 by CRA Today LLC. (No The CFE Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; our programmatic, research and policy efforts focus on designing, embedding and replicating financial empowerment initiatives within the fabric of local government. Customized Bank Training: [link] .

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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I hadn't thought about it, but maybe SLC is ripe for the double deck bus approach (" Making bus service sexy and more equitable ," 2012) for rebranding and repositioning of bus service as sexy, even though the ridership numbers wouldn't justify it otherwise. Besides the general TDM approach, utilize other methods to promote transit.

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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

| Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. A big concern about the park concept is that it will spur displacement and gentrification.

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Announcing customer and guest speakers for Max Peterson’s Leadership Session at re:Invent 2022

AWS Public Sector Blog

At re:Invent 2022 , dive deep on the transformative power of the cloud. Read more about these guest speakers and register for re:Invent 2022 today. She also served as the first female chief of the NASA Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2009 to 2012. Register for AWS re:Invent 2022 today.