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What an interesting model to bring broadband to rural areas! Working for an open access PUD network I can see how this could be successful.

The Fallpoint is a semi-cooperative climate-crisis board game for 2-6 players designed by Stefan Wingo and Vivek Mehta. Play in cities from around the world and take on the challenge of different climate-crisis scenarios with your fellow citizens to save the city from its Fallpoint. As social tensions in the city rise, you must keep your cool as you develop your character’s abilities in Activism, Business, Politics, or Expertise and deploy sustainable projects for Energy, Housing, Transportation, and other city sectors to de-escalate the crisis.

As new businesses gear up to open their doors in Calvert, the Department of Economic Development understands the importance of informing the community about upcoming developments. If you want to learn more about what projects are going where, visit our online What’s Going Where map at https://lnkd.in/eP6_G3rK. #CalvertBusiness #GISMap

Growth in one county can benefit another, which is why Ozark-Dale County works with other partners across the Wiregrass region. This month, learn about the benefits of pooling regional efforts in the world of economic development. https://lnkd.in/eDgBrcXX

IN THE NEWS: Check out this ✨ shining ✨ example of public dollars being put to good work for communities. Highlighting the work of SEAP's founder, Stacey Abrams, in partnership with Rewiring America, this article describes efforts to weatherize homes and upgrade appliances of residents in DeSoto, GA. From the article: "DeSoto is in the early stages of becoming a showcase town that could dramatically impact the greening of the country and also open politicians' and policymakers' eyes to the reality that the salt-of-the-earth citizens of smalltown and rural America do indeed matter." READ THE STORY: https://lnkd.in/eZGyyf8b

Check out our own Jose Garcia as he joins the Remaking the Economy webinar on June 20, co-hosted by NPQ and Shelterforce. This important discussion will focus on how policy can help tenants purchase their homes. #HousingPolicy #TenantRights #Homeownership #AffordableHousing #SystemsChange

"We were then able to take a small portion of that initial investment, $100,000, to activate more than $1.3 million in public funding for an urban wetland project in Polk County." 🌳 Read all about how we're creating a greater impact for central Iowa.👇 https://ow.ly/4q7K50SlljC 🔗 #conservation #SustainableDevelopment #EcoFriendly #PolkCounty

Leaders gathered to learn how SACOG is implementing it's Green Means Go program, and left with a framework of how this innovative implementation of REAP 2.0 grants could be using in communities throughout California. Read more: https://buff.ly/3U5i3GY

Ratio Talks continues to explore the optimal balance between a big civil society and a small state with Géraud de Ville de Goyet, CEO of Barking and Dagenham Giving. Géraud talks about investing in place, being guided by local people, keeping the needs of each community in mind, and using the results to make better systems. What lies beyond participatory grant making? This, and more, in the latest episode of Ratio Talks. https://lnkd.in/etvmT-df

I've published an Insights Series report on Community Empowerment and the draft Land Reform Bill: Scotland's model of community empowerment, and community landownership specifically, is premised on community groups proactively addressing their needs. However, there is very little provision for community empowerment in the draft Land Reform Bill 2024. What could strengthen proactive communities within the Land Reform Bill proposals? A community site designation, such as a 'Site of Community Significance', could reinforce the long term Scottish Government commitment to supporting communities to address their land needs. Such a designation would provide an initial proactive marker of community land need to engage in the provisions of the Bill. It could also better integrate the proposals of this Bill with the wider set of policies like Community Right to Buy and Local Place Plans, moving towards simplification, integration, and strengthening of an increasingly complex community empowerment policy framework. https://lnkd.in/etAh7WAp #landreform #communityempowerment #scotland #ACV #planning #communities #localplaceplans #communityrighttobuy