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With some 5.6 million people in an area three-fifths the size of New York City - and with the population estimated to grow to 6.9 million by 2030 - land is at a premium in Singapore. The country has long reclaimed land from the sea, and plans to move more of its transport, utilities, and storage underground to free up space for housing, offices, and greenery. According to Samina Raja, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University at Buffalo in New York, "Urban agriculture is increasingly being recognized as a legitimate land use in cities," she said. "It offers a multitude of benefits, from increased food security and improved nutrition to greening of spaces. But food is seldom a part of urban planning." Agriculture makes up only about 1 percent of its land area, so better use of space is key. Follow this link to read more.
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For city hall change makers, 2018 was a big year. An influx of new mayors brought fresh ideas and new energy to city government. An unprecedented 35-city experiment in prototyping solutions with citizens demonstrated a nimble new way to approach urban problems. And as national governments buckled with dysfunction, cities across the U.S. and around the world proved they’re ready to tackle challenges like affordable housing, transportation, and climate change. Follow this link to read more.
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Can urban trees and city winter weather protocols peacefully co-exist? Dr. Andrew Millward will discuss his investigation of the surprising decline and mortality of trees planted using soil cells in a recent urban revitalization project in Toronto. While the research led to salt, there were a number of other factors. The project opened a discussion about changes to the way we design and manage urban trees. Adam Nicklin will offer options to reduce salt damage to trees, and talk about the role landscape architects can play in helping the urban canopy thrive. The webinar is being held February 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. ET. Follow this link to learn more.
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This searchable database indexes visual and geospatial solutions to critical urban problems. Examples span the city, county, state, and federal levels, and feature a wide variety of interventions and initiatives, including maps, data visualizations, and dashboards. Searchable by a project's end goal, issue area, and type of intervention, the database is a resource hub for civic leaders seeking models for replication and inspiration about how visual tools can unlock data-driven insights. Follow this link to explore the database
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Posted In: City CED, Community Development, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Innovation, SmartCity, Workforce Development
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As city leaders across the country develop strategies to prepare residents for changing job trends, here is one strategy you might not have considered: early childhood education. While young children may seem a far cry from our workforce, there are several reasons why any city leader preparing for the future of work in their communities should be thinking about early childhood. To move toward the vision of the early care and education professions as jobs of the future, for the last two years the National League of Cities has provided in-depth technical assistance to a cohort of cities to help local leaders increase recognition of the importance of the early childhood workforce in their communities and implement programs and policies to better support and prepare that workforce. Follow this link to read more.
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Posted In: 4-H Youth Development, City CED, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Family & Consumer Sciences, Thriving Across the Lifespan, Workforce Development
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The National Land-Grant Diversity Conference is hosted by five land-grant universities from Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. It is designed for public and private university administrators, faculty, and staff; research and academic programs; K-12 educators; community leaders; health and social services professionals; employers and supervisors; human resource staff; elected officials; and all others with diversity interests. The goal of this diversity conference is to learn more about yourself and others, to network, and to link resources to integrate diversity into programs, policies, and practices for creating community well-being. The conference is being held February 7-8, 2019 in Hebron, Kentucky. Follow this link to learn more.
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Posted In: Community Development, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Meetings/Conferences, Thriving Across the Lifespan
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As the effects of widening inequality play out at the neighborhood level across our country, unexpected cross-sector collaborations are uniting arts and culture with the work of community development. In Washington, D.C., an ongoing affordable housing crisis, coupled with longstanding racial inequities in employment and income, have resulted in dramatic demographic changes in many neighborhoods that were previously dis-invested in, and were predominantly black. Such inequitable change has reinforced both the need, and the shared value, of aligning arts and culture with community development to address the physical and cultural displacement pressures many residents face. Follow this link to read more.
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Posted In: City CED, Community Development, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Health and Wellness in the City, Innovation
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What did city leaders want to learn about most this year? The numbers don’t lie: autonomous vehicles, recycling, small cell deployment, the census, and local trends. At the National League of Cities, they are dedicated to ensuring that cities are able to thrive and stay abreast of emerging issues in an ever-changing national landscape. Follow this link to read more.
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For as long as cities have existed, their overall attractiveness and effectiveness have largely been determined by one measure: population growth. But as our nation has moved past the rapid growth phase of its development, that’s increasingly become ineffective. A better way to evaluate cities is by measuring their ability to attract wealth. That’s what really improves their capacity to address fiscal issues. By applying such a measure, it appears that cities are finally closing the affluence gap between themselves and their suburbs.
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Posted In: City CED, Community Development, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Innovation, Urban Serving Universities, Urban-Rural Connection
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This interactive workshop will explore how identities, beliefs, and backgrounds shape our perceptions of other people in ways that can unconsciously widen the diversity gap and negatively influence the people with whom we interact. Participants will learn how to identify and empathetically respond to unconscious, or implicit, bias in order to foster a more inclusive environment for everyone. Prior to the workshop, participants are asked to take a few online tests developed by Harvard University to detect unconscious biases and preferences. The workshop is being offered January 11, 2019 from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. in Columbus, Ohio and January 25, 2019 from 1:30-4 p.m. in Wooster, Ohio.
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Follow this link to take an unconscious biases analysis.
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Posted In: 4-H Youth Development, Ag & Natural Resources, City CED, Community Development, Courses/Webinars, Engaged Ohioians, Vibrant Communities, Environmental Quality, Family & Consumer Sciences, Health and Wellness in the City, Sustainable Food Systems, Thriving Across the Lifespan, Urban-Rural Connection, Workforce Development
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