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Join Our Experts on Tuesday, October 17th to discuss People Pets and Parking! 📅 Date: September, 17, 2023 ⏰ Time: 11am to 1pm 📍 Location: Stockton Golf & Country Club 🔑 Learn from the experts how to navigate the issues of people, pets and parking. These are some of the most prevalent issues HOAs face on a day-to-day basis. Walk away from this lunch better understanding your role as a community manager, how to avoid conflicts surrounding the “three Ps” and the best way to dig yourself out of these pitfalls. Save your seat 👉 bit.ly/3LGbkir #WeAreCAI #communityassociations #communitymanagers #communitymanagement #pets #parking

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Residents are shaping the budget—and the future—at the City of Austin. The City collected feedback using Polco's Prioritization tool, which allows residents to effortlessly rank their community priorities. This invaluable feedback will directly influence the 2025 budget, ensuring the City's resources align with what Austinites care about most. Here's what landed in the top three: 1. 🐾 Animal Services 2. 🏠 Homeless Strategy 3. 🚓 Police Check out the full results! https://lnkd.in/grrmHUMV

Over the past four years, Torrance, California, has pursued a lethal coyote "management" program that has seen far from desirable results. Since Torrance began their trapping program, coyote sightings in the city have ~increased~. The citizens of Torrance also took a significant financial hit to fund this program, paying a staggering $256,000, resulting in the inhumane trapping of 78 coyotes. 🤯 That's over $3,200 per coyote – resources that could have been better allocated elsewhere! This method is not only destructive to local wildlife and ecosystems, it's ineffective and a significant waste of taxpayer funds. Opting for coexistence over killing has a wide range of benefits. It's proactive, preventing conflict before it happens, and delivers long-term effectiveness. Nonlethal methods allow carnivores to naturally regulate their own populations. Plus, nonlethal methods are significantly more cost-effective, freeing up funds for other essential community needs. Let's take inspiration from Pasadena, California, where the city council recently voted unanimously for an expanded NONlethal program, promoting public education and humane conflict solutions rather than killing. This victory, accomplished through grassroots advocacy and collaboration, fills us with hope as science, ethics, and reason triumphed over outdated methods. Killing should never be the answer to conflicts with our wild neighbors. 🌎🧡 #ProjectCoyote #California #Coexistence #CompassionateCoexistence #Coyotes 📷 Gretchen Kay Stuart, #CaptureCoexistenceContributor

I read in Bridge Magazine online today that northern Michigan saw an increase in population in 2023 for the first time in years. While the growth was not significant, growth is growth. 🙂 Did you know that owners of many of the homes on lake shores above Gaylord are in fact second homes for people that made their wealth in lower Michigan, specifically SE Michigan and Grand Rapids. As the middle class continues to shrink, the ability to have a "get-away" cottage up north is declining or out of reach. I find it interesting that many people who made their wealth in SE Michigan invest only in nonprofit land trusts near their summer homes up north, but don't see the need to protect more at-risk sensitive ecosystems in SE Michigan. Protected land in SE Michigan is more accessible to those who have no option of even a weeks cottage rental cost on a Great Lake or inland lake. Shouldn't the workers who live in SE Michigan who have made it possible for someone to own a second house up north also enjoy nature? For truly equitable access to nature, and for everyone to have the ability to enjoy the healing properties associated with a walk in the woods, or a visit to a clean lake, more people and foundations should consider supporting nonprofits protecting sensitive ecosystems, lakes, and forests in SE Michigan. Justice, inclusion, accessibility, diversity and equitable access to nature should belong to everyone. #legacylandconservancy, #SEMichiganprotectedland, #nature, #wellbeing

As it gets colder and colder in South Dakota, please pray for those who find themselves looking for shelter and housing during the colder winter months. You can help by tagging resources that help with shelter & other resources during winter in the comments below. #prayerrequest

I often write about community 👨👩👧👦 Community is more than people in a geography. It could be those who share common interests, idea, bonds. Community is people. And community is voluntary -- you may fit the criteria... but your participation is optional. The strength of a community can be magnified when stressed. Much like a workout 🏋️♀️stresses the body, but can make one stronger. Recent storms hit the Houston area. After a week, some are still without power. Some have home damage. In Jersey Village -- and I'm sure in other places -- our community got stronger when put to this challenge. Neighbors checked on and helped neighbors. We shared generators. We offered charging stations. Those with power offered our homes & space to friends & fam without. We provided freezer space for those in need. We tried to keep life normal for each other's kids who were out of school for several days. We visited local restaurants who missed a day (and lost perishables) due to power issues. We picked-up yards, helping move downed trees & branches so they could be picked-up. We communicated: face to face, through facebook, and with the local government. We recognized our limitations, but showed appreciation for the level of effort. When at our most helpless -- and when power is out of your control, you ARE helpless -- people became most helpful. That is community. That is community getting stronger.

🌟 **Join the Movement: Clean the Block!** 🌟 Over the weekend, I had the privilege of witnessing something truly inspiring – the passion and dedication of individuals like O'Neil Hesson and SiSi Encarnacion who are leading the charge in the Dallas area with a mission called Clean the Block. Their initiative is not just about tidying up the streets; it's about revitalizing our communities and showing love and respect to our neighbors, especially the elders who have built the foundations of our neighborhoods. Think about it: our neighborhoods are reflections of ourselves. When we let litter accumulate, weeds grow unchecked, and obstructions clutter our sidewalks and streets, we're not just neglecting our environment; we're neglecting each other. But together, we can make a difference. O'Neil Hesson, President and Founder of The SERUN Foundation, and SiSi Encarnacion, a Community Engagement Strategist, are leading the way by tackling the top 10 code violations that plague our communities: 1. High Weeds 2. Litter 3. Obstructions in Alleys/Sidewalks/Streets 4. Unauthorized Signs in Public Right of Way 5. Bulky Trash 6. Substandard Structures 7. Junk Motor Vehicles 8. Illegal Dumping 9. Illegal Outside Storage 10. Graffiti These may seem like small issues on their own, but together, they contribute to a larger problem of urban decay and neglect. By addressing these issues head-on, we're not only improving the physical appearance of our neighborhoods but also fostering a sense of pride and community. Remember, "Don't Mess with Texas" isn't just an anti-litter campaign; it's a call to action to take pride in our great state and show love and respect to our fellow Texans. So let's roll up our sleeves, grab some trash bags, and join the Clean the Block movement. Together, we can make a difference, one block at a time. Are you ready to make a difference? Join us in cleaning up our neighborhoods and spreading positivity and love throughout our communities. Together, we can create a brighter future for all! #CleanTheBlock #communitypride #DallasStrong 🏙️💚

Last month I kicked off a monthly series where I’d share an important cause to me personally and resources to support it (if you wanted to). This month I’m going to discuss poverty and homelessness in my childhood city of Fresno, CA. Fresno is California’s 5th largest city and the home to most of the countries agricultural economy…yet, it’s one of the most impoverished places in the USA. It has a rich culture and very diverse population with only 25% being non-hispanic white, and the other 75% split up between a melting pot of ethnicities from Mexican to Hmong to Black and more! One of my favorite things about growing up in the Central Valley was being immersed in so many different cultures and experiences daily. But sadly, 23% of Fresno’s residents are considered to live in poverty, according to the USA’s federal definition of being a family of 4 making less than $26k/yr. This rate of poverty is almost double the national average and 1.5x the rest of California. Since 2022, homelessness in the area has increased by 7%. It’s getting bad. So with that - I recommend donating or volunteering for Poverello House! They are an emergency shelter for homeless in Fresno CA and also offer other resources like job assistance, food services and more. With a growing population of those in need, they will definitely benefit from additional support. Check out the org here: https://lnkd.in/genuuC25 Thank you! #ActivismIsActionNotWords