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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Elizabeths campus " -- " Part three: the potential for donations around an expanded program " -- " Revisiting East of the River medical care: United Medical Center " -- " Update on DC's plans to build a new United Medical Center ," 2018 -- " A glaring illustration of the need for comprehensive health and wellness planning in DC: Providence Hospital (..)

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How EdIndia Foundation uses AWS to upskill teachers and increase student success

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released in 2019 , 70 percent of students in grade three remain behind grade level, 57 percent of students in grade nine cannot solve a simple division problem, and almost 50 percent of students drop out of the school system before reaching tenth grade.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). 3 (2018): 489-530. 3 (2019): 795-817. 1 (2018): 103-123. 1 (2019): 24-48.

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Small college economic issues threaten their ability to function as a community asset

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

. -- " University President Freeman Hrabowski and an agenda for urban universities ," 2021 -- " President of Washington State University dies: fostered development of the "University District" adjacent to Downtown Spokane ," 2015 -- " Universities as elements of urban/downtown revitalization: the Portland State story and more ," 2014 -- " Better2016 (..)

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Another element could be treating schools as "neighborhood cultural centers" too, the way I describe how neighborhood libraries should be positioned (" Neighborhood libraries as nodes in a neighborhood and city-wide network of cultural assets ," 2019). A big problem, at least in cities, is that households have a lot fewer children.

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Brightline West should also be used to transform public transit service in Las Vegas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Last Vegas Transit Network Complementary Improvements Program in association with the development of the Brightline West passenger rail service The blog entry " Branding's (NOT) all you need for transit " lays out a three point plan for strenghening transit systems. Service was suspended in 1997.

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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

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According to an EPA Overview , in the 1960s, 94% of waste went to landfills, and as of 2018, that number has been reduced to only 50%. From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent ! A growing number of cities and counties have recognized the benefits of composting programs.