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Cuban Baseball: A Pretext for Toxic Regionalism? - Havana Times.org

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…every time the Cuban National Baseball Series comes to an end, it makes me wonder whether the downfall of regionalism will ever occur in my country.
…the losing team was the capital city’s “Industriales” …
In my town, Santa Cruz del Norte, it isn’t that the team from Ciego de Avila has that many fans, but many people supported them only because they’re against the “blue lions” of the capital.
This is because people in the provinces tend to look at capital city residents as bigheaded, arrogant and cocky.
What reinforces this is that in real life are legal regulations that give privileges to the inhabitants of Havana.
Their ration books entitle them to more products, while people from the provinces are effectively prohibited from settling in Havana due to the enormous numbers of conditions and procedures required for them to meet under the law.
In short, there are a whole series of privileges along with all that’s implied by the simple fact of living in the capital.
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Great Lakes Bay leadership class graduates

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The Great Lakes Bay Regional Leadership Institute wrapped up its fifth class recently with 38 students completing the program.

The mission of the Institute is to further develop and engage leaders who are knowledgeable and dedicated to the Great Lakes Bay Region and prepared to lead regional collaborative efforts. The Great Lakes Bay Regional Leadership Institute is supported through the Midland Area, Mount Pleasant Area, Bay Area and Saginaw County Chambers of Commerce and operates under the umbrella of the Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance.

The Great Lakes Bay Regional Leadership Institute was planned and implemented by a steering committee of various regional business and education representatives, and graduates of the past four year's Institute classes. The committee was chaired by John Decker of Braun Kendrick.
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Kitzhaber opens door to regional land-use planning | Politics | Eugene News, Wea...

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Gov. John Kitzhaber is loosening the state's grip on land-use planning.

The governor quietly signed an executive order May 10 opening the door for three southern Oregon counties eventually to allow new development on some farm and forest land.

The order directs the state to work with Douglas, Jackson and Josephine counties on new criteria for designating certain land uses, and environmentalists who have fought such regionalization efforts in the Legislature are cautiously going along.

The process could spark a revision of two of the 19 goals that guide land-use decisions.

Critics of Oregon's land-use restrictions have long sought more regional influence.

Some southern Oregon landowners complain that farming or forestry can't realistically be profitable on thousands of acres that are restricted to those uses under the state's current rules.

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LETTER: Regional Master Planning - Windham, NH Patch

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The Sustainable Communities Initiative proposed by the Regional Planning Commissions in NH allows local towns to come together and develop a long term planning vision for their communities, the region and the state. Described by some as a ‘Master Plan on steroids’ it is a collaborative grassroots effort to integrate local interests, priorities and perspectives into regional plans and ultimately into a state-wide strategy.

The nine regional planning commissions in the state will work with their individual towns to gather information on their planning efforts with respect to land use, transportation, housing, economic development, environmental planning, and public health among other issues to develop a comprehensive plan for the region. It is does not diminish the individual town’s Master plan, zoning or their vision for the future. On the contrary, it would enable towns to review each other’s best practices, goals and plans and arrive at a consensus-based document. ...

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5140-02-00-New.Hampshire-regions

Metro Detroit leaders vow cooperation for regional growth | Detroit Free Press |...

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There were jokes, barbs and jabs, but mostly substantive conversation…about growing regional cooperation in metro Detroit and around the state of Michigan.
The overarching theme: Mending Detroit's bruised image and returning the area to a powerhouse of investment, educational opportunity, functioning infrastructure and a place where people want to live and play. Called the fab five -- Detroit Mayor…Wayne…Oakland…Macomb Co. Execs & Washtenaw Co. BOS Chair…metro Detroit's political leaders gathered …
"Detroit is our global brand and we need to make sure that brand is super strong," said Smith, who isn't always invited to the table when metro Detroit is discussed.
But today, Bing offered Smith, and by extension Washtenaw County, an open invitation to conversations about regional cooperation. Patterson, on the other hand, criticized the county saying Washtenaw did not participate in most regionally taxed assets…
"…Until you pay your way in, you don't get to say how things are done."

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Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary - Pennsylvania

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As the Four Quarters Center for Earth Living, we work to develop and share examples of sustainable living practices for the emerging Age of Limits. We actively work to increase the viability of our soils, raise most of the food for our live-in staff and much of the food served in the camp kitchen. We have established a licensed cottage winery, focused on local suppliers and local customers. We incorporate advanced designs in our buildings and energy systems. We practice personal simplicity in our daily lives.

We are incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania as 501(c)3 Church and 501(d) Community of Service that shares a common treasury, PA EXMP 75-538-546, FED EIN 25-1853964. All donations to Four Quarters are fully tax deductible as allowed by law. Four Quarters is a Membership based organization that is operated by our Membership, Volunteer Staff and The Members of the Community of Service. Policy is set by our Board of Directors, advised by our Members Advocates and ...

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What Price Consolidation?

1 save http://www.governing.com/columns/mgmt-insights/col-government-consolidation...

There are good reasons to consolidate.…Follow these tips:
• Focus on value for the dollar rather than just on cost. This will help mitigate the need to continually re-consolidate.
• Understand the perspective of the "customers" of the functions being consolidated and take those into consideration in developing the consolidation approach.
• Consolidation usually involves merging two organizations into one. Consider integrating functions into a new structure rather than merging existing structures into one another. The former involves making things work more seamlessly for the customers, while the latter relies on putting two or more organizations under a single chain of command.
• Usually consolidation involves adding a level of management. Consider a process of "flattening" concurrent with the consolidation process.
But to save money and produce better results, consider these alternatives:
• Create incentives for organizations to voluntarily consolidate…
• Get organizations to follow…

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Thinking Bold in the Shadow of LA

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Communities in the shadow of larger metropolitan areas need to develop a way to differentiate themselves. It can’t be artificial; it has to be true, but it needs to be a unique brand or else it simply becomes engulfed into the metropolitan tsunami. ICF has identified many such centers around the world. …Burlington and Waterloo in the shadow of greater Toronto…

…Riverside, California in the shadow of the seemingly never-ending reaches of Los Angeles for an evaluation of this Top 7 Intelligent Community.… 42 miles from LAX Airport and about 60 miles from center of the City of Los Angeles.… entering Riverside by car, it feels like a real city… the first community in the region that… feels complete, with a civic center and central city elements. It appears like a thriving and upbeat center, but only about a dozen years ago it was apparently merely a bedroom community in the shadow of LA and seen as a local center for logistics and warehousing, an agricultural hub and a university town.
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5140-50-02-Southern-Los.Angeles-SCAG

Could Mayors Rule The World? - Parag Khanna

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“If Mayors Ruled the World” is premised on the notion that of the three elemental political units — empires, nations, and cities — it is cities which have existed the longest and cities which today represent the level at which “things get done.” In an age where the tenets of the nation-state system — sovereignty, independence, and nationhood — are out of synch with the nature of global problems, cities represent the more appropriate scale for finding solutions, sharing best practices, and shaping emergent norms. As Barber puts it, “Radical interdependence requires that we respond to problems through the actors that are not jurisdictionally limited by sovereignty.” Barber believes that cities tend to act more non-ideologically and pragmatically than nation-states. Cities invite the other into themselves and form a collective with them, while nations are defined by exclusion of the other.

A number of current diplomatic processes illustrate...main argument. Whereas the intergovernmental

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Economic-development strategies posed for Joplin region » Local News » The Jopli...

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…people shared ideas…on ways to promote economic development in the seven counties that are participating in the Joplin Regional Prosperity Initiative.

Objectives of the initiative are to create more higher-paying jobs in the region, find better ways to market the assets of the region to promote job growth and promote local workforce development.

Steve Gilkey, a Lamar City Alderman, offered this observation about the flight of local people who become educated here, but seek jobs elsewhere.

“Our colleges should help us keep our talent here,’’ he said. …
Other ideas included ways to promote image and branding with regard to the seven-county region. One participant said, “We should market our location ourselves.’’

The process to develop a regional economic development strategy is comprised of four phases over eight months that will lead to “an actionable five-year blueprint’’ for strengthening the region’s existing assets to improve the overall quality of life in the Joplin region.
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Illinois town recognized as major US exporter | KMOV.com St. Louis

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Federal figures show the Peoria region is a major U.S. exporter, sending abroad more merchandise per person than any other part of the country.

Peoria's port district TransPORT said Tuesday the five most popular products exported from Greater Peoria are machinery, fabricated metal products, chemicals, transportation equipment and electrical equipment.

Most of the products are headed for Chile, Canada, Brazil, Belgium and Australia.

The Peoria region exported nearly $30,000 worth of products per person in 2010. That's according to the International Trade Administration, a bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Exports totaled more than $11 billion, making the Peoria region the 22nd largest export market in the nation.

Manufacturers exporting to world markets from Peoria include Caterpillar, Komatsu, Case New Holland, Kress Manufacturing and Excel Foundry.

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Land Use Planning: We're Better Together - Morristown, NJ Patch

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The Green, the most iconic parcel of land in Morristown, not only is a place for people to hang out, meet up, explore and admire, it's also a traffic circle. With numerous businesses surrounding it, the Green also is an economic hub. It's not just one of these things, it's all of them.

So, why should planning for Morristown's land use future be any more separated?

That has been the thinking of town planners, who are seeking a consultant through the North Jersey Transportation Authority …

This pilot initiative between a regional planning entity like the NJTPA and a local government does not exist in this part of the state. But, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission has found success working with municipalties in south Jersey, Abrahmson said, helping towns with such projects as buildout studies and smartgrowth initiatives.

"If you want to make a transportation network better, you need to work with land use," he said. "They needed to go work with municipalities."
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5140-08-01-North.Jersey.TPO

Senior rate in Toronto area lower than national average - Toronto - CBC News

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Senior citizens now represent 12.7 per cent of the population of the metropolitan area of Toronto, a ratio lower than the national average, the latest census numbers from Statistics Canada show.
…data…from census forms filled out May 10, 2011 — a moment in time when the first of the baby boom generation was turning 65.
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Despite the growing number of seniors in Canada, the country remains one of the youngest in the industrialized world. Among G8 countries, only the United States and Russia have a lower percentage of citizens aged 65 and over.

Still, an aging population presents challenges — especially because Canadians are not having as many children as previous generations. By the time the next census is taken in 2016, Statistics Canada projects the country will be home to as many senior citizens as children. That will present governments with difficult choices such as how much funding should be allocated for health care versus education.
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Mackinac Conference 2012: Detroit Regional Chamber Hosts Policy Conference

1 save http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/mackinac-conference-2012-detroit-r...

While other Michiganders are returning home from Memorial Day weekends on the beach, movers and shakers from across the state are heading to the Lower Peninsula's quaintest island to attend the Mackinac Policy Conference, and perhaps indulge in some fudge and carriage rides.

The annual conference hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber on Michigan's business environment, innovation, collaboration and other buzzword topics, will include panels ranging from the private sector's role in health care to the importance of exports for the state's economy.
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While the conference has moved away from its once Detroit-centric focus, the city will play a large role in conversations. The "Detroit: Tale of Two Cities" panelists will discuss the impact of a "thriving busines community" on the city's "long-standing challenges."
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Counties, State Making Progress Over Medicaid Billing Problem; Lawsuit Still Loo...

1 save http://www.theledger.com/article/20120528/POLITICS/120529339?p=1&tc=pg

Broward County Commissioner Lois Wexler said she spent two years meeting with Agency for Health Care Administration officials about the error-prone billing system that caused the county to question a chunk of the bills it received. But nothing ever got done, & Broward's backlog grew by tens of millions.
…53 counties and the Florida Association of Counties sued the state & asked that the law be declared unconstitutional. Wexler said she isn't convinced that more conversations with AHCA will be enough to solve the problem.
"I did this," she said. "I went down this road before. We've had these conversations. We brought the documentation. We brought the data."
Florida's $20 billion Medicaid program is paid for using a mix of federal, state & county dollars. In recent years, however, counties have labeled more & more of the bills they received as incorrect, duplicative, or referencing people who live elsewhere.
That resulted in the $325.5 million backlog that the state believes counties owe

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Pittsburgh's new immigrants equal brain gain - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Though only 3 percent of the region's residents are foreign born, they comprise the most highly skilled immigrant group in the entire country, with a concentration of expertise in science and engineering.…

The two distinctions suggest that Pittsburgh has completed its transition to an "eds and meds" economy, driven by the universities and health care industry, but has yet to find the robust growth across sectors that would pull more immigrants to the region.

Many of Pittsburgh's peer regions face the same dilemma. The Brookings report noted the "very high concentration of high-skilled immigrants in older industrial metro areas in the Midwest and Northeast such as Albany [N.Y.], Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Syracuse [N.Y.].…
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"The challenge is that we're not the only region that's attractive," says Ms. Harrington, of Vibrant Pittsburgh. "We must continue to promote the fact that we are here. We want to speed up the trend."
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Regional lawmakers to push FOI in ARMM - Philippine News

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The planned enactment by the 27-member legislative branch of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao of a local Freedom of Information Law (FOI) could be an uphill struggle, but legislators are keen on pushing the legislative effort forward.
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Tomawis, who is a journalist, said that a local FOI can ensure public awareness on how state funds intended for social welfare, health, education, and peace and development projects are being handled by public officials and government entities in the region.

A regional-level FOI, according to Tomawis, will complement the efforts of the region’s civil society organizations, peace advocacy outfits and Malacañang’s effort to introduce reforms in the regional bureaucracy.

ARMM acting regional Gov. Mujiv Hataman said he will flex his influence and authority to hasten the legislation of a regional FOI law.

It is a known fact that there is a “culture of silence” among ARMM residents with regards to their right to know the monetary or fiscal...

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Regional Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center | South Jersey, North East, P...

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Located on the Black Horse Pike, in the heart of South Jersey, Regional Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center offers a full range of healthcare services for your most cherished companions. Originally known to the region for over 40 years as The Black Horse Pike Animal Hospital, RegionalVet is a combination of the well-established compassionate care that our community of pet parents depends on and the trusted resource for high quality emergency and specialty care that the area's top veterinarians rely upon for their own patients.

RegionalVet is home to the area's top Veterinary Professionals including Board Certified Specialists in Dermatology, Radiology, Internal Medicine, and Surgery. Our Emergency and Critical Care team provides the latest, leading-edge treatments and technologies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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5140-09-07-Delaware.Valley-Philadelphia-PA-NJ

Railways could be taken over by Greater Manchester transport chiefs under devolu...

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Greater Manchester is set to take control of the region’s railways – in an historic move that promises better trains, more carriages and improved services for passengers. Transport chiefs in the region are the forefront of plans that would see power over rail services in the north of England devolved from Whitehall. The Department for Transport would hand over responsibility for rail franchising to a new body made up of transport chiefs from each region in the north. And supporters say that would bring major benefits to passengers in the region. The proposals are being put together by Transport for Greater Manchester and its counterparts in south and west Yorkshire. The group will now open serious conversations with transport officials in the north east, Merseyside and Lancashire. The change would give them the power to demand local priorities from whichever rail operator is awarded the contract to run services, including extra carriages, new trains and station revamps. ...

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Get to know your regional development organization | SeacoastOnline.com

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From borrowing the money they need from friends or family to tapping into their credit and borrowing from banks, those who own or are getting ready to own a business know what the options are when it comes to debt financing.

Or do they?

There is another option in the mix, and that's the regional development organizations, several of which are right here on the Seacoast — the Strafford Economic Development Corporation in Dover, the Coastal Economic Development Corporation in Hampton and the Regional Economic Development Center in Exeter. These alternative financing institutions play a critical role in the growth and development of the Seacoast business community.

Each regional development corporation covers a specific territory and is unique in its focus and services. What ties them together is a common goal — to offer financing through direct loans or guarantee programs. …

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