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Recent Trends in Real Estate Development (Spring 2024)

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Source: stock.adobe.com (Editorial Use License) This blog post is part of a regular series on recent trends in private real estate financing. But in their most recent forecast, Fannie Mae now expects interest rates to remain above 6% through the end of 2025.

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Microsoft 365 Government price updates - into effect March 1st 2023

Microsoft Public Sector

You can find the full blog from our initial announcement here:  New pricing for Microsoft 365 | Microsoft 365 Blog. 1 Following the phased pricing update, Office 365 G1 will also increase in March 2024 by 10% and in March 2025 by 5%.

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Technology’s role in sustainability: Takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Breakfast Briefing

AWS Public Sector Blog

This blog post provides a recap of the highlights from the sustainability briefing. Hilary Tam, AWS principal sustainability transformation lead, noted that IDC Europe, a leading research consultancy, identified that 62 percent of large EMEA organisations will spend at least 5 percent of their IT budgets on sustainability actions in 2025.

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AWS skills training programs open doors to tech careers for Virginia workers

AWS Public Sector Blog

These initiatives are part of a larger effort to expand and diversify the tech workforce and meet AWS’s commitment to train 29 million people with no-cost cloud computing and technical skills training by 2025. Visit the AWS Skills Center. The center is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM ET.

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AWS re/Start MENA celebrates successful first year

AWS Public Sector Blog

It is part of AWS’s effort to train 29 million people in cloud computing skills by 2025. Subscribe to the AWS Public Sector Blog newsletter to get the latest in AWS tools, solutions, and innovations from the public sector delivered to your inbox, or contact us. Learn more about how to apply for AWS re/Start.

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Helping governments and businesses pioneer sustainability initiatives: Top takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Conference

AWS Public Sector Blog

Businesses could potentially reduce carbon emissions of an average workload by up to 96% when AWS reaches its goal of purchasing 100% of its energy from renewable sources, which we are on the path to do by 2025 – five years ahead of our goal.”

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Property Tax Exemptions for Community & Economic Development

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This blog post attempts to identify which of these property tax breaks that might be relevant to a local government’s community and economic development plans. The two terms are often used interchangeably; in this blog post I’ll stick with the term “exemption” for simplicity. See this blog post for more details.