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Improving Value-Based Taxation of Real Property in Latvia
July 7, 2020 - July 8, 2020
7:00 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
This workshop provides an opportunity for public officials in Latvia to hear presentations from academic experts and practitioners in valuation, law, and economics.
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Land Markets, Local Government, Property Tax, Valuation
This workshop provides an opportunity for public officials in Latvia to hear presentations from academic experts and practitioners in valuation, law, and economics.
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Land Markets, Local Government, Property Tax, Valuation
The Potential of Community Land Trusts in Rio’s Favelas
November 16, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Theresa Williamson will describe her CatComm's, and their community and legal partners' current understanding of the potential, hurdles, and approaches to establishing CLTs in Rio's favelas, and will expand on this concept with help from audience members.
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Theresa Williamson will describe her CatComm's, and their community and legal partners' current understanding of the potential, hurdles, and approaches to establishing CLTs in Rio's favelas, and will expand on this concept with help from audience members.
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Rebooting New England: Seizing the Infrastructure Moment
June 27, 2017
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Bob Yaro of the University of Pennsylvania shares recommendations for New England's bypassed older industrial cities built around a proposed high-performance rail network.
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Infrastructure
Bob Yaro of the University of Pennsylvania shares recommendations for New England's bypassed older industrial cities built around a proposed high-performance rail network.
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Infrastructure
Ballot Box Conservation: How citizens are mobilizing to protect natural resources
May 10, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
David Hartwell will tell the story of the campaign to pass the largest land conservation ballot initiatives in U.S. history, which amended the Minnesota state constitution in 2006.
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Land Conservation
David Hartwell will tell the story of the campaign to pass the largest land conservation ballot initiatives in U.S. history, which amended the Minnesota state constitution in 2006.
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Land Conservation
Building and Dwelling: A Conversation with Richard Sennett
May 9, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Sociologist Richard Sennett discusses his book Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, in which he traces the anguished relationship between how cities are built and how people actually live in them, from ancient Athens to 21st-century Shanghai
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Sociologist Richard Sennett discusses his book Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City, in which he traces the anguished relationship between how cities are built and how people actually live in them, from ancient Athens to 21st-century Shanghai
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How Value Capture Can Create Affordable Housing
February 10, 2017
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
David Rosen, Nora Lake-Brown, and Bryan Glascock discuss how public investments and government actions increase the value of land, and how that value can be harnessed for public benefit.
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Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture
David Rosen, Nora Lake-Brown, and Bryan Glascock discuss how public investments and government actions increase the value of land, and how that value can be harnessed for public benefit.
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Economic Development, Housing, Land Use and Zoning, Value Capture
Creating Productive Urban Landscapes: An Emerging Framework
December 1, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Teresa Lynch and Chris Reed will discuss the practical challenges created by existing land utilization regimes, and ways to transform vacant and underutilized land into an asset that can support economic growth, social equity, and environmental health.
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City and Regional Planning, Economic Development
Teresa Lynch and Chris Reed will discuss the practical challenges created by existing land utilization regimes, and ways to transform vacant and underutilized land into an asset that can support economic growth, social equity, and environmental health.
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City and Regional Planning, Economic Development
Making Communities Investable: Attracting and Leveraging Private Investment for Public Good
August 26, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Robin Hacke will introduce the framework of “capital absorption” and describe how it has been applied in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Denver to assess and improve community investment systems.
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City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Valuation
Robin Hacke will introduce the framework of “capital absorption” and describe how it has been applied in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Denver to assess and improve community investment systems.
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City and Regional Planning, Economic Development, Environment, Land Use and Zoning, Valuation
A New Generation of Leadership in the Land Trust Movement
March 29, 2016
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Jean Hocker’s talk will consider how lessons learned by the older generation, and the new skills and perspectives brought to the table by the new generation, can be shared and leveraged to advance the effectiveness of land trusts across the continent.
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Land Conservation
Jean Hocker’s talk will consider how lessons learned by the older generation, and the new skills and perspectives brought to the table by the new generation, can be shared and leveraged to advance the effectiveness of land trusts across the continent.
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Land Conservation
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