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Accela Engage Series: Q&A with Melissa Chiong, Business Programs Supervisor for the City of Tampa
...on this year at Engage? 1. Planning & Development – Accela Citizen Access Implementation Best Practices 2. Engaging the Public with Building and Planning Data What interested you about presenting...
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Stop Unnecessary Interactions that Slow the Permitting Process
...need for more flexibility in working practices. This includes enhancing the permitting experience for citizens and commercial partners. For many, the permitting process remains labor intensive. From lengthy delays dealing...
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Unlocking Efficiency: A Dive into Accela Building and Planning Solutions
When it comes to building and planning, efficiency isn’t just a luxury; it’s a necessity. From residents navigating permits to elected officials seeking insights, the demands are diverse, but the...
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Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Reduces Permit Processing Time to a Matter of Minutes
...reduced. For example, inspectors in Michigan cannot go onsite until a permit number is issued, which used to take a full week to process manually. Now, a permit number can...
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2015: The Year in Building Permits
...built with open source components and hosted on GitHub. But it provides some useful insights into the permitting activities of these four jurisdictions. For example, while permit issuance in other...
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Event Roundup: 4 Things I Learned at the 2019 National Planning Conference
...Accela to simplify the planning process are just a few examples of the innovative technologies available planners. If planners can speed turnaround times, perform electronic plan reviews, and leverage automated...
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Featured Customer: El Paso, Texas, Speeds Service and Centralizes Information across Multiple Departments
There are so many powerful examples of local governments across the nation improving internal efficiencies while enhancing the way they deliver services to residents at the same time. The City...
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Moving Right-of-Way Management from Spreadsheets to Cloud-Based Coordination [Upcoming Webinar]
...example of a city that moved from managing projects in spreadsheets to cloud-based, right-of-way planning between different departments, government agencies and utility companies. With online project collaboration, Winnipeg was able...
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