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2023 Year in Review: National Land Bank Network

Center for Community Progress

In 2023, the National Land Bank Network helped land banks all across the country help their communities tackle property vacancy, abandonment, and deterioration. Some highlights from the past year include: State of Land Bank Survey and Results Thank you to all land banks that completed the 2023 State of Land Banking Survey.

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Building a Global ‘Bike Bus’ Community

The City Fix

In late March 2023, #BiciBús activists from Barcelona hosted fellow “bike bus” leaders from around the world for the first-ever global Bike Bus Summit. Since 2021, the bike bus movement has exploded. Bike buses are groups of children and parents.

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Looking Back at the 2020-21 Community Revitalization Fellowship: Creative Placemaking by Community Leaders from Three Cities

Center for Community Progress

Each community cohort also receive a $10,000 grant to develop and execute their own creative placemaking projects. The 2020-2021 CRF Cycle The 2020-2021 Community Revitalization Fellowship included grassroots community leaders from Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Montgomery, Alabama; and Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Library Marketer Shares Her Ingenious Trick for Making Sure Her Community Sees Her Social Media Posts

Super Library Marketing

I oversee our community engagement, social media, most publications, and other marketing and public relations duties.” “I I met Becky at the Library Marketing and Communications Conference in 2023. I used the tagline for our expansion and renovation project that started a few months later in the summer of 2021.

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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

zencity

The program aims to be bag free by 2023, making it easier to recycle and to reduce recycling contamination which can cause certain items to be unrecyclable. campaign to help residents learn what can and can’t be put in the bins, generated good engagement and positive sentiment. Their “Is it recyclable? Schedule a demo.

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Defining Community Engagement, Public Participation, Civic Engagement and More

Social Pinpoint

In 2023, people expect to have their say. From community engagement, community consultation, public participation, public involvement, civic engagement, public engagement, and citizen participation – it’s a varied mix. So, let’s start with one of our favorites, community engagement.