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		<title>National Urban League Centennial Conference Online: Promotes Economic Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Urban League&#8217;s Centennial Celebration is taking place in Washington, DC,  July 28-31. I&#8217;m watching the online stream of the conference and feel empowered. The conference has brought together some of the &#8220;leading business, community, and political figures&#8221; in the African American community. I am excited to see that the focus has shifted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Links &#8211; April 5, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community Economic Development #ced2


What cities should do to become more sustainable and resilient (and it’s not what they are doing currently) 


What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?


City of Annapolis to consider privatizing Economic Development


States find Facebook, Twitter help engage state park fans


Budget cuts would eliminate 4 of 10 Main Streets initiatives in Baltimore City


NYC DOT 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Urban League launches &#8216;I Am Empowered&#8217; campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The National Urban League may be 100 years old but we don’t have any gray hair.  We are more energetic, more focused and more determined than ever before to create a level playing field in our nation, especially as minorities are disproportionately suffering from the effects of a battered economy.  The I Am Empowered initiative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Government Needs Your Help</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama released the Open Government Directive to encourage participation and collaboration while developing a more transparent government.
The Open Government Directive required all federal government agencies to receive public feedback and integrate advice and ideas from average citizens. The Directive was designed to make government think more strategically and function more efficiently while improving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti Earthquake: How You Can Help the Victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now you&#8217;ve heard that Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, was hit by a magnitude-7 earthquake on Tuesday. The Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country was still struggling to recover from the 2008 catastrophic storms when disaster unexpectedly struck again.
Many schools, hospitals and other buildings collapsed and now fires are spreading quickly with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As bidding wars return, cash wins in the Washington region</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the housing boom in the Washington region we faced inflated prices and bidding wars forcing buyers to pay more than they wanted or expected or be shut out from the dream of home ownership. Interest rates were low and credit was flowing. Times were good &#8211; or so we thought.
A few years later, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010: a new year, a new blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year! I decided the new year was an excellent opportunity to start a new blog dedicated to  integrating technology into economic and community  development. MUC6UQQRNZBR
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