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Economic impact of big name concert tours: Taylor Swift in Philadelphia

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. == More entries about music performance as an element of cultural planning -- " Song remains the same ," 2011 -- " Ground up (guerrilla) art #2: community halls and music (among other things) ," 2011 -- " Leveraging music for cultural and economic development: part one, opera ," 2017 -- " Leveraging music as cultural heritage for economic development: (..)

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

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federal, state, and local governments, and education institutions. During his years as governor, Steve successfully grew Montana’s economy, made record investments in public education, expanded access to health care, protected public lands, and prioritized fiscal responsibility and transparency in government. public sector customers.

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Arts as production: The rock music ecosystem in West Seattle

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: On the surface, a budget-proposing government suit doesn’t exactly scream “rock ’n’ roll.” But during his decade-plus as King County executive, lifelong West Seattleite Dow Constantine has been the local music and arts community’s biggest champion in local government.

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Tax incentive programs underfund schools

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Governments impute a likely increase in property value and tax revenue from a new development, but direct that increase to the developer as a source of finance, inducement, etc. Between 2017 and 2023, those schools lost $237.3 A 2021 review of 2,498 financial statements from schools across 27 states revealed that in 2019 at least $2.4

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

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In 2019, the average visit time was 13 minutes, 4 seconds. When Justin Davis joined the BMV in 2017 as Contact Center Director, the employee attrition rate there was almost 200% per year, while customer satisfaction ratings were sinking.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

2019 ; Collinson and Reed, 2017 ). Similarly, state and local governments might institute “fair share” policies that require all communities to harbor some responsibility for housing the most vulnerable among us.

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London rejects a version of The Sphere

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo: ©FMGB, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2017. But like Liverpool and the Everton stadium (" Liverpool loses UNESCO World Heritage Site designation: An example of tough choices for cash strapped governments "), sometimes you have to make super hard decisions that go against the grain.

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