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The unintended consequences of converting office buildings to housing: the need for public safety; schools; amenities

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To riff off this, there are five other elements at a minimum that matter a lot, that cities aren't budgeting or planning for, if their central business districts become meccas for housing: public safety. are topics I've blogged about over the years. And high grade amenities in upscale apartment buildings.)

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Reflections from the MCCA Winter Meeting

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At the meeting, we discussed some of the most pressing challenges facing public safety in 2023. Learnings and Takeaways One of the primary topics at the meeting was discussing the recent tragedy in Memphis — how to prevent, and how to respond to crises that breach public trust.

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2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Cities with the Most Satisfied Residents

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One of the metrics we look at is resident satisfaction: how satisfied residents are overall, and how satisfied they are around specific topics, issues, and initiatives. School-related topics, and especially team sports, garnered the most positive discourse. In our new work-from-home era, perhaps it’s time to start planning a move!

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Harry P. Hatry, Leader and Performance Management Pioneer, dies at 92

Barrett & Greene

Upon his graduation with a BS in engineering from Yale University, Hatry began working for a General Electric research facility in Santa Barbara. We will miss Harry’s persistence and tenacity advancing good government.” Jay Fountain, another pioneer in performance management was a colleague of Hatry’s for about four decades. ”I

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Top 10 highlights from the Public Sector Partner Forum at the AWS Summit Washington, DC

AWS Public Sector Blog

These new TTMs, available now, provide topic-specific workshops that can complement our standard PTP to align with our partners’ unique needs. This solution is meant to save AWS Partners time so they can focus on selling with AWS Sellers. Learn more about the AWS Partner CRM Connector.

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Migrate and modernize public sector applications using containers and serverless

AWS Public Sector Blog

In this blog post, we cover public sector use cases that are driving the adoption of serverless and containers, such as generative AI, data analytics, document processing, and more. If you want to learn more on this topic, please register to attend the webinar series, Build Modern Applications on AWS.

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The Top 10 Local Government Conferences of 2022

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With conference topics that include how public safety can be impacted by innovation in tech, we already know these are events that can’t be missed. We’re already working with seven out of the ten largest US cities, and this partnership represents a chance to build on those relationships and forge new ones.