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Events & Trainings
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The Future of American Cities: Opportunities and Challenges
November 9, 7:30pm, Baltimore MD
The Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concern and Tribe, Inc. are co-sponsoring this non-partisan panel discussion on the future of America's urban agenda and its place in our emerging multicultural democracy. Issues to be discussed will include reduced immigration and diversity, population decline, African American migration to the suburbs, and the impact of America's beleaguered economy. Learn more & register...
CTOD/FTA Webinar: Transit, Employment and Transit-Oriented Development
November 15, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, online
This webinar, hosted by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development and sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, will focus on the importance of concentrating jobs near transit to foster economically sustainable regions and healthy transit systems. Speakers will discuss new research on spatial employment patters in our metropolitan areas, and the types of economic activity that are most likely to benefit from being near transit. Learn more & register...
Strategic Data-Use to Stabilize Neighborhoods
December 6-7, 1:00pm - 7:00pm and 8:00am - 3:00pm, Baltimore MD
This interactive conference, hosted by the Federal Reserve, will explore creative uses of data and technology to promote public and private investment in transitional communities. The conference agenda features discussions with local redevelopment leaders from Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and many other communities. Participants will have the opportunity to consider a wide array of practical, cost-effective tools and methods to inform local decision-making. Learn more & register...
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| Funding Opportunities |
Chesapeake Bay Trust Community Greening Grants
Application deadline: December 9, 2011
The Chesapeake Bay Trust awards funding to help communities in Maryland implement "greening" plans that increase forest canopy, reduce stormwater runoff, improve air quality, and enhance the quality of life in urban areas. The program awards grants to local governments, non-profits, and neighborhood associations for on-the-ground restoration and other activities that support the implementation of an adopted plan to green communities in Maryland. For more information...
Parks & People Foundation Greening Grants
Workshop dates: November 14, 16, 30; December 1 and 6, 2011
Deadline for Letter of Intent: December 22, 2011
The Parks & People Foundation is offering two grant programs for Spring 2012. Partnerships for Parks Grants provide funding for service projects, trail stewardship, playground restoration, tree planting, maintenance activities and events supporting public parks. Neighborhood Greening & Clean Water Grants provide funding for vacant lot improvements, community gardens, schoolyard plantings, tree plantings, water quality improvements and environmental education activities. For more information...
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| Reading Room |
Book
Megapolitan America
By Arthur Nelson and Robert Lang
In popular imagination, America is the land of wide open spaces. But in reality, much of it is more densely populated than Europe. This book draws on detailed data to map out the dramatic, and surprisingly positive, shifts ahead. The authors argue for long-range planning that sheds outdated images and stokes the nation's economic engines. Learn more about this book...
Report
Long-Term Stress and Systemic Failure: Taking Seriously the Fiscal Crisis of America's Older Cities
By Alan Mallach and Eric Scorsone for Center for Community Progress
This report suggests approaches to end the cycle of decline that has entrapped many municipalities. The authors recognize the challenges and offer long-term solutions to build the local economy, reuse underutilized or vacant land, stabilize or grow the local populations, and generate long-term economic sustainability. Download the report here...
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Just Announced!
CPHA's Annual Meeting
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Come celebrate the Citizens Planning & Housing Association's 70th anniversary at their Annual Meeting!
Join community members, public officials, community development colleagues, and CPHA members for a fun and informative evening, including announcement of the Ferebee award winners.
November 29th from 5:30pm - 8:00pm at the Fifth Regiment Armory, Schaefer Room
Learn more & register...
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New Event!
City Schools Sustainability Day
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City Schools Sustainability Day: Green, Healthy, Smart is a half-day professional development event for educators and administrators, facility managers, students and parents to learn from and collaborate with national and local partners active in greening Baltimore schools.
This is an opportunity to celebrate the successes, identify the challenges and inform the effort to make every Baltimore City school, a green school!
November 12th from 8:00am - 1:30pm at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School
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