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From Communications to Engagement – The Responsive City?

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In their paper, “The Responsive City Cycle,” Stephen Goldsmith and Betsy Gardner present a model of trust-building between local governments and their residents based on responsiveness. One question we hear time and again from our partner communities is when and how to respond to resident concerns and feedback.

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Digital Civic Engagement as an Equity Solution for Cities & Counties

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It is an opportunity for local governments to increase engagement, to get more equitable community feedback and reach more residents, and to help build trust with the community by more easily meeting them where they are. Traditionally, civic engagement has meant in-person involvement in your local community.

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Fresh Blogging: The Top 50 Clean Air Advocacy Blogs

Masters in Public Administration

Clean Air Gardening Learn how to make your gardening techniques even greener by implementing organic products that won’t contaminate the eco-system. Clean Air Plan Canada Simple tips from real people who want clean air to become a concern for everyone. Tips for Clean Air at Home. Tips for Clean Air at Home.

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

EMPDC was created by the Barry Administration to be a CDC and to take over management of the market, but vendors and other stakeholders fought the idea, and the market remained managed by the city--for a time by a putative nonprofit--with different spaces, like North Hall (arts) and Sunday under the shed run by different entities.

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CRA Podcast Episodes

CRA Today

This episode debunks the myths around how to recognize community development loans at the time of loan origination and how to avoid expensive loan mining activities at the tail end of your compliance processes. ABA’s Krista Shonk interviews Linda Ezuka of CRA Today in this focused episode on the most subjective aspect of the CRA.

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You Can Take It to the Bank: Federal Reserve System Resources for CED Professionals

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

We are awash in data on CED issues from annexation to zoning. This post outlines how NC CED practitioners can access this kind of data from the Federal Reserve Bank system, with particular focus on the resources of the Federal Reserve Banks located in Richmond and Atlanta. Copyright: Public Domain. Federal Reserve System The U.S.

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4 steps to build a data strategy for managing performance in the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

Before I came to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as an executive government advisor, I spent years as a local government chief information officer (CIO). Then, organizations must identify relevant datasets that indicate how well services are performing. Access to departmental data can quickly become a divisive subject.