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Smart City Policy Summit Roundup: The Advantages of Short-term Rental Regulation
Last week, on a sweltering August day in Austin, Texas, nearly 200 participants gathered to discuss one of the hottest topics facing local governments…
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Hurricane Country: How Charlotte County Leverages Land Use Tools to Boost Resilience
It took a hurricane for officials in Charlotte County, Fla. to realize that their antiquated, paper-based land use processes had to change.
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Customer Spotlight: Mesa, Arizona Answers New Service Demands with Data
When Mesa, Ariz. decided to take its planning and building processes digital, city officials got more than they expected. They had hoped that purging…
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Deschutes County: Advancing and Optimizing Services through Cloud Technologies
Aging systems, manual tasks and paper forms present formidable hurdles to responsible land-use, especially in fast-growing counties. While some struggle to manage these legacy…
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Customer Spotlight: Tacoma Rethinks the Citizen Experience with Digital Permitting
In the city offices of Tacoma, Washington, hearing the community is all about “hearing the customer.” Speed, accessibility, efficiency, transparency, convenience, these hallmarks of…
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Three Ways Cities Can Take Advantage of Summer’s Short-term Rental Boom
Whether travelers stay at a seaside cottage in the Florida Keyes, an hacienda in Arizona, or go all out and splurge on a Park…
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Is Your Community Ready for the Next Health Outbreak?
Take this assessment to see if your health department has the right tools to confront tomorrow’s environmental health challenges When it comes to community…
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8 Planning Trends That Will Transform Your Community
We look at the tools and agile planning strategies that will streamline the next generation of planning, zoning, and code enforcement processes Editors Note:…
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