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The Value of Urban Reuse: Breathing New Life into Existing Structures and Spaces

Reprogramming the City

The Future of Urban Reuse UTEC Water Billboard – Lima, Peru Cascade Stairway – Hong Kong Cities worldwide are brimming with examples of how old structures and spaces can be reimagined to serve new, often unexpected purposes. This can lead to more affordable housing and commercial spaces, which can stimulate local economies.

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Thinking About Trust

zencity

At the ICMA Local Government Reimagined Conference in Long Beach, California, Zencity hosted a roundtable discussion with several attendees to discuss the concept of trust between local government and its community. One manager at the roundtable opined that it is not about trust, rather it is about faith.

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Inspiring community engagement examples and platforms #10

Citizen Lab

Through CitizenLab platforms, 500+ local governments and organizations are flipping the script, inviting their communities to co-author their shared future. From reshaping cityscapes and reimagining cultural events and collectively deciding how to spend public funds, these stories are all about action, impact, and making it count.

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Using ARPA Funds to Reimagine Public Safety

NLC (National League of Cities)

A new brief by the National League of Cities (NLC) offers an overview of local public safety staffing issues and details how local governments are spending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to bolster their public safety workforce recruitment and retention efforts.

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Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Could Be the Missing Piece in Fighting Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

They drain municipal resources (in fire, police, and code enforcement calls) without giving anything back to the local tax base. But local leaders often overlook a powerful tool to address vacant and deteriorated properties: the delinquent property tax enforcement system. How can the delinquent property tax enforcement system help?

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Top highlights from the 2023 IMAGINE: Education, State, and Local Leaders conference

AWS Public Sector Blog

From July 11-12, 2023, the IMAGINE: Education, State, and Local Leaders conference from Amazon Web Services (AWS) gathered public sector leaders from around the world in Sacramento, CA to reimagine the future of state and local government and education. Cathilea Robinett, CEO of e.Republic, at the IMAGINE conference.

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Answering Big Questions Following Tyler v. Hennepin County

Center for Community Progress

This ruling will impact how many state and local governments practice property tax foreclosure, most directly affecting about a dozen states. In other words, local governments can use the foreclosure process to recover only the amount they are owed and no more. Constitution. What do we know for sure?