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Take the government initiatives in asset management survey

Your constituents depend on you to make the best use of their taxpayer dollars, so it’s important to craft an asset management program that leads to the best possible outcomes. American City & County is interested in how you use and deploy your resources and what tools you have at your disposal for staying on […]

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How to maximize engagement in community planning

It is a municipal leader’s duty to represent their community—to ensure that their constituents’ needs and wants are listened to, processed and acted upon. That duty can manifest in many ways, one of the most important being community planning. Community planning is the development of a partnership between communities and the agencies to build specific […]

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10 of America’s best coffee shop capitals

If there’s a community behind every coffee shop, then cities with a lot of coffee shops are presumably community minded. A new ranking from Apartment Guide lists the American cities with the highest density of coffee shops, and the most coffee shops per capita. Researchers considered U.S. cities with at least one coffee shop and […]

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With Hurricane Ian’s landfall in Florida and South Carolina, local leaders are once again on the front lines of climate change

As communities throughout Florida survey damages following Hurricane Ian’s landfall Wednesday as one of the most powerful storm systems to ever impact the United States, local leaders find themselves once again on the front lines in the global fight against the impacts of a changing climate. It’s a familiar place for many. From horrific wildfires […]

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Cities need to look at total picture when buying technology

Procurement teams need to take a holistic approach when acquiring technology, says Bill Campbell, senior vice president of North America at Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial Division. Hexagon offers a variety of digital reality solutions. Its products combine sensor, software and autonomous technologies. The firm puts data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and […]

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Hurricane Ian leaves swath of destruction in Florida, millions without power in its wake

With 150-plus mile-per-hour winds, Hurricane Ian swept ashore in Florida Wednesday as one of the strongest storm systems to make landfall in the nation’s history, leaving a swath of destruction in its path and cutting power to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses. In the aftermath, tens of thousands of utility crews are scrambling […]

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Report: Insufficient data central to Oakland, Calif.’s homelessness shortcomings

Over a period of three consecutive years beginning in 2018, Oakland, Calif.’s housing program, which is managed by third-party service providers, served a total of 8,683 participants via contracts worth $69 million—sometimes successfully, sometimes not so successfully. An audit published this month at the behest of Oakland’s City Council found the city has had “mixed […]

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Satellite IoT brings calm before and after the storm

According to the World Meteorological Association, the number of natural disasters has increased five times over the last 50 years, mainly driven by climate change and extreme weather. However, improved early warnings and disaster management strategies have led to a decrease in the number of disaster related deaths by almost three-fold. The National Oceanic & […]

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With post-storm cleanup ongoing in Puerto Rico, Florida braces for Hurricane Ian

A little more than a week after Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico as a major hurricane, knocking offline much of the island’s grid, utility officials say they’ve restored power to nearly 60 percent of those who’d lost it. “We want to be very clear that LUMA is ready to restore power to more […]

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Report: Procurement projects are up this year with increase in federal spending

At annual town meetings and in city council meetings, discussion about new buildings and the latest equipment upgrades might take center stage. But while topics like these often make headlines, there’s a much less flashy process that deserves equal attention: procurement. The latest annual report from the software company Bonfire, “2022 State of Public Sourcing,” […]

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Take the government initiatives in asset management survey

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How to maximize engagement in community planning

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10 of America’s best coffee shop capitals

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With Hurricane Ian’s landfall in Florida and South Carolina, local leaders are once again on the front lines of climate change

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Cities need to look at total picture when buying technology

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Hurricane Ian leaves swath of destruction in Florida, millions without power in its wake

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Report: Insufficient data central to Oakland, Calif.’s homelessness shortcomings

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Satellite IoT brings calm before and after the storm

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With post-storm cleanup ongoing in Puerto Rico, Florida braces for Hurricane Ian

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Report: Procurement projects are up this year with increase in federal spending

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