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2023 Roundup: Federal Policy Developments in Neighborhood Revitalization 

Center for Community Progress

This has been a big year for federal policy developments that can help communities address vacancy and stabilize neighborhoods. The rulemaking recognizes the important role of land banks in community revitalization, neighborhood stabilization, and the development of affordable housing.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ "). Economic Development hype versus building the local economy. But it would have to be built into the experience. That would add some money to the till.

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Republic of Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry and AWS sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

AWS Public Sector Blog

To increase national competitiveness, the MoU will drive a wide range of educational initiatives to develop Armenia’s workforce and prepare Armenian workers for the jobs of the future. This is a part of our government 2021-2026 program and it can be achieved through investment in digital trust and appropriate norms and regulations.

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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

A passionate team of AWS developers and engineers in Cape Town, South Africa, created a single virtual server instance allowing South African customers to access practically unlimited cloud computing capacity without needing an on-premises data center.

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Strengthen Middle-Mile Infrastructure to Drive Digital Inclusion

Government Technology Insider

Developing middle-mile network infrastructure is crucial to connecting people in these underserved and unserved communities. Scott Pohlman, Director of Business Development, Higher Ed Practice at Lumen, shared that Lumen is using its extensive fiber footprint in North America to help drive digital inclusion efforts. “We

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Adopting voice commerce in 2024: Benefits and challenges

Open Access Government - Technology News

billion from 2021 to 2026, showing a CAGR of 24.34%. By 2026, the number of voice assistant users should grow to 157.1 For example, developers can equip an ecommerce app with language transformers – self-learning NLP models that can understand the connections between words in a sentence, regardless of their position.

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The future of open source in 2023

Open Access Government - Technology News

Developers love open source software, and businesses value the innovation that it supports. The big reason why developers like using open source is that they can get started easier and faster. This speed and agility helps developers work on problems faster. Why is open source at risk? This means money.

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