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Hi Morgan No we are not Proud of Mayor Lucas. Repealing NEW ORDINANCE TO CODE BOOKS ORDINANCE NO. 230401 Amending Chapter 3, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 3-431, “Setting Goals for Individual Contracts” and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter regulating the application of numeric MBE/WBE goals on certain projects leased for development or receiving economic development incentives or tax abatement. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY: 2. Ignoring the letter from The Kcmo Fairness Board Chairman & Fairness Committee regarding Civil Rights violations ? Harrasment of minority contractors ? inadequate reporting from Kcmo CREO department ? No Disparity report for 9 years and more ? 2016 Disparity Report below: Department of I think 1.2 minority [participation] and 2.5 WBE [participation], when there was adequate availability of minority and women contractors to meet the City’s standard kind of goal of 15 [percent] and 7 [percent]. They’re diluting the opportunity for minority and women contractors when it comes through the statutory business development organizations, all of whom have different sets of rules..… There ought to be a uniform code that is incorporated in all the development agreements which people in our community never see.… There’s a disconnect. And I realize they’re trying to change some of that now but the insulting part of it was there was more money spent through statutory agencies last year for contracting activities than there were through City departments.… It’s obviously developer driven. By the time we see it the development agreement has already been executed. Caused lack of capital for Jackson County schools and libraries. Mayor Lucas and Insult to African Americans everywhere?

The latest issue of Local Development & Society focuses on an incredibly important topic for institutional philanthropy - place-based grantmaking. There is far too little research guidance on this form of philanthropic practice, but the articles in this issue help fill this void.

Excellent conversation with Melanie Frazer, ACE and the Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce! Thanks for giving me a platform to share information about the Project SEARCH program. #networking #schooltoworkprogram

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Now that I have been to a few gatherings where the conversation about "how AI can help housing and community finance" has gone in many different directions, from - trepidation to fear to excitement. As someone who knows a little bit more about this space, I should put a stake in the ground and say what is obvious to me. Housing finance needs all the help it can get, especially at state, city, and local governmental authorities, who have been given the tough job of creating affordability and supply through policy and housing finance and bringing public money to private developers, and having an impact on overall housing supply crises. We need AI to take on the repetitive tasks like - 1. Explain QAPs, answer questions on loan programs, 2. Train staff as well as free them up to do higher-level creative jobs 3. Onboard large amounts of data sets 4. Compare and contrast data sets 5. Do underwriting analyses 6. Create standardization across various organizations This will all ultimately help us build a robust ecosystem around housing finance. I am convinced that we can use AI creatively to have a significant NET POSITIVE IMPACT on housing finance.

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