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Drones in Parks: Part 1. Policy, Drone Zones and Resources for Land Managers — Episode 006

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Today, we’re covering everything from laws and regulations, advice for park managers on how to deal with newbie hobbyists, drone zones, and resources available to park and public land managers as they look to incorporate flying sites or regulations in their own local government. They’ll be at booth 1643 in the exhibit hall.

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Master planning for solid waste | Creating a VV equivalent for solid waste management and service operating at the metropolitan scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In terms of overall waste reduction planning, it's essential to include all properties in a jurisdiction within planning (" More on zero waste practice (and DC) ," 2015). WRT solid waste and recycling it's pretty much the same. The city is responsible for certain types of recycling.

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Weird intra-governmental spat in DC over the Washington Nationals stadium

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The Washington Post reports (" D.C.

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How states can optimize their pre-K programs: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, UC Irvine, and Member, Pre-Kindergarten Task Force – Episode #143

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

billion in state funds on pre-kindergarten programs in 2015, highlighting the emphasis that policymakers are placing on pre-k to help students prepare for elementary school. Forty-two states and the District of Columbia spent $6.2

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Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act: An Initial Analysis of Short-Term Trends

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Signed into law on June 14th, 2019, HSTPA expanded protections for New York renters, and sharply limited the opportunity for regulated rents to rise at rates higher than the Rent Guidelines Board’s (RGB) annual limits. We explored the immediate effects of the law change by comparing sale prices in the first three quarters after HSTPA.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

122, 137–38 (2015) (internal citations, quotation marks, and punctuation omitted). 122 (2015)); loans for persons of low and moderate income to acquire housing ( In Re Denial of Approval of Bonds , 307 N.C. State , 368 N.C. State , 368 N.C. To be clear, G.S. However, the origin and purpose of G.S.

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Newspaper acquisition as an element of a conservative agenda

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In Alabama , to shape discourse on utility regulation, Alabama Power has created a news service (" How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news ," Guardian ). A Floodlight review of the content since the utility founded the Alabama News Center in 2015 shows it publishes overwhelmingly positive stories about the power company.