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Once and For All Panelists at the Danforth PLant Science Center. I attended the panel discussion held by Once and For All Speaker Series last thursday and it was an illuminating discussion about the process some entrepreneurs have completed to change the city's housing and real estate landscape. The Speaker Series brought together the remarkable voices of Maxine Clark, Michael Woods, Carol Daniel, and Chris Krehmeyer. My takeaways from the discussion were: Kansas City and Atlanta grew more than St. Louis over the past 20 years. Reinvestment into neighborhoods is key to improving the city. Do not keep repeating the same processes from the past that did not work. Need philanthropic support in order to work as a cohesive group. There is a need to act and think differently now, since past actions have not created the intended results. This is the first time that 19 municipalities in the county are working together regarding transportation issues. Beyond Housing's achievements include building 36 new homes in Pagedale and improving the city as a result. Housing is the center of the community, in order to improve the economic status there is a need to create a good community based on housing.

🌟 Check out Dr. Jade Ann Rivera’s latest article on Reel2e, promoting the Strength-Based Assessment Lab! 🌟 Learn how this innovative approach empowers twice-exceptional (2e) children by highlighting their unique strengths and talents.

In recent company news, this past Thursday - May 9th, marked The Balmoral Group's participation in the Orlando 2024 SimplyIOA Corporate 5K fundraiser, which was later converted to a 4K due to a near 100-degree heat index in downtown Orlando! 12,000+ runners and walkers, from more than 500 teams from local corporations and nonprofits participated. Together, more than 110,000 meals for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida were raised. Many TBG staff participated in-person or virtually, as our staff in Seattle did (see pictures below). The event led to a great time hanging with fellow colleagues, family members, and friends, as well. On a different note, we are saddened to hear the passing of Dr. M. Dennis Hanisak from FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). Dr. Hanisak was a long-standing friend of The Balmoral Group, and a pioneering conservationist. He is remembered as an eminent marine scientist, a devoted teacher and mentor, and a conservationist for the Indian River Lagoon (IRL). Read more on Dr. Hanisak's history and tribute on FAU's HBOI site at fau.edu/hboi In this week’s edition, we feature articles on interesting and relevent topics within CO2 extraction, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) revisions on environmental assessments, carbon offset measures, planned subdivisions within critical Florida conservation land, transportation proposals in Seattle, and more. We hope you enjoy the read and let us know what you think! https://lnkd.in/erqACtbX #TBG #EconomicPerspective #CO2 #environmental #assessment #carbonoffset #development #transportation

My students love science and nature so a Nature-Themed Learning Zone with a plush leaf carpet will help my students read science-related books and articles about plants, ecosystems, and the environment. https://lnkd.in/ecTYcsvE

Interesting insights in a recent report highlighting the remarkable influence of volunteers, by Independent Sector and the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland. #CommunityImpact #InspireChange #Ascendnbs #ArleneSiller

"In a mist of light falling with the rain, I walk this ground of which dead men and women I have loved are part, as they are part of me. In earth, in blood, in mind, the dead and living into each other pass, as the living pass in and out of loves as stepping to a song. The way I go is marriage to this place, grace beyond chance, love's braided dance, covering the world." - From “In Rain” by Wendell Berry Forgive us: we couldn’t help but open this newsletter up with another Wendell Berry poem. That’s because one of our listens for this week, an interview with Duke Theologian Norman Wirzba on the For the Life of the World podcast, is inspired by this very poem. Taking a page out of Berry’s book, Wirzba movingly describes how the agrarian principles of interdependence, stewardship, rootedness, and thinking in “generational time” can reconnect us to hope in an age of crisis. It’s a beautiful listen, and we highly encourage you to check it out. Beyond Wendell and Norm, we also have several other highlights in this week’s newsletter — ranging from the social sciences, to cultural criticism, to public policy — including: • How new data from the American Time Use Survey shows America is becoming “a nation of homebodies” • Why cultural individualism fails to create independently-minded individuals • How policy can help strengthen civic infrastructure and associational life in American communities Thanks, as always, for reading — and for being a part of what we’re building. We don’t take it for granted. https://lnkd.in/eTrWUgGb

We have reached the end of our series on just some of the many unfounded conjectures some researchers have shared with the world that, if taken to their logical conclusions, would mean horrors for our families. Before we share the background on today's installment, we must raise that prior to our founding, no one was looking after the interests of the genetic ALS & FTD community. Our families were raising funds for many, but no group objected as these attitudes became entrenched in the research world. We have the chance to change the tide and End the Legacy, but only with your support. https://lnkd.in/gzmxMsiR For this last statement, we include any that begin with "C9orf72 carriers are..." because any way you end that sentence, you are stereotyping a broad community of people, likely over a million persons globally. We are all individuals from many walks and stages of life, and we are all unique. We deserve to be judged and treated as anyone - based on our merits and not our genetic makeup. For those curious, the most common way that phrase will end is "c9orf72 carriers are charming," charismatic, or good talkers. Compared to the statements in prior days, this surely is less denigrating, and on an individual basis, these might be considered compliments. But when an essential personality trait is ascribed to your genetics rather than your essence, you are robbed of something intrinsic to human dignity. We hope we can make the people studying us understand this.

What is a Grant?  A Comprehensive Guide by BlackFish Grant Gurus

Excited to have received a ticket to the PyData conference from @NumFOCUS for my small donation! @NumFOCUS, huge thanks for supporting the open-source community, enabling projects like pandas, Jupyter, and many more. #OpenSource #PyData #NumFOCUS #DataScience #Python

Weekend Reading: This week, let's take a nostalgic trip down memory lane and explore two fascinating relics of the early internet era - the Wayback Machine and the New York Times Navigator. The Wayback Machine (https://lnkd.in/e9m2dykU) is a digital archive of the World Wide Web maintained by the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization. It allows you to browse over 639 billion web pages archived over the past 25+ years, providing a fascinating glimpse into how websites and online content have evolved. I am including links below in the comments to some historic web pages that I am particularly fond of. On the other hand, the New York Times Navigator (https://lnkd.in/enW5kYv2) was an internal research tool used by NYT journalists in the early days of the internet. Although no longer actively updated (last refresh in 2007), it remains a nostalgic portal into the digital past, cataloging websites, blogs, and online resources that were popular in that era. I felt like it was my secret weapon in the early days of the internet, which allowed me to find things that others had trouble finding. As we surf the sleek, modern internet of today, these two relics serve as delightful reminders of how far we've come and the pioneering spirit that shaped the online world we know and love. Take some time to explore these digital time capsules - you might just rediscover some forgotten gems from the web's formative years. If you have any favorite internet memories or nostalgic online destinations, please don't hesitate to share them below in the comments.