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Building standards: Improving structural integrity requirements for condominiums

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Reserve studies for condominium associations are currently required in nine states: California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, and Washington state. Washington statutorily encourages associations to have a reserve study performed every three years unless doing so would impose an unreasonable hardship.

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How Baltimore Is Deconstructing Itself—With Local Nonprofit Help

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Since 2014, the Baltimore-based nonprofit Humanim, which operates a large number of social-good initiatives in Maryland and Delaware, has contracted with the city through its Details Deconstruction arm. Stateline reports more than 16,000 abandoned buildings in Baltimore.

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How Associations Are Responding to Hurricane Matthew

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GoServ Global, an Iowa-based group organized to “rescue the vulnerable” in the island nation, suffered extreme damage to most of its Haiti facilities, the Des Moines Register reported last week. Fortunately, staff who lived in the facilities all survived. Electric systems call in reserves.

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Associations Stand on Both Sides of the Minimum Wage Debate

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Meanwhile, a report from the Employment Policies Institute, which the group is pushing out through a new ad campaign , argued that a $10.10 We’re coming off a fragile recovery, and we still have not seen the full effects of the Affordable Care Act on our industry,” Delaware Restaurant Association CEO Carrie Leishman said in an NRA statement.

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Gaming Association Spins New Movie to Its Advantage

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CNN reports that rules vary by state and make a distinction between “gambling” and “betting” on games that require some amount of skill, such as poker. Only three states—Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey—have legalized online gambling. The legality of online gambling is murky.

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Hug a Volunteer: It’s National Volunteer Week

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Here’s how a few associations are celebrating and supporting volunteerism this week: Several associations and nonprofits in Carlisle, Pennsylvania , participated in a “Volunteer Speed Dating” event to help kick off the week, The Sentinel reported.

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Alzheimer’s Association to Vote on Proposed Consolidation Plan

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Overall, the report estimates that total costs could hit $1.1 “At no time did they give us any indication about how this transition would take place or any indication of a plan to effect that consolidation,” Greg Tigani, Delaware Valley chapter board chairman, told The Chronicle of Philanthropy. trillion by 2050.