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Raising spirits: How a Texas community is engaging residents during COVID-19

Ungrated

Some are facilitating support between residents , some are backing initiatives to assist healthcare workers and small businesses, and others are organizing activities to provide moments of levity. It is the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s first “agrihood”—a growing trend of communities in the U.S. that offer a farm-to-table lifestyle.

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Conference Circuit: Water Pros

Associations Now

The National Rural Water Association’s 2018 WaterPro Conference begins next week in Fort Worth, Texas. Organization: National Rural Water Association. Venue: Fort Worth Convention Center. City: Fort Worth, Texas. Rundown Attendees: 1,500 plus. Vendors: 150. Continuing-education hours: 30.

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Making spirits bright: Communities planning big holiday events and activities this season

Ungrated

In addition to organizing visits from Santa Claus, food trucks, pony rides, and plenty of holiday spirit, the community located southeast of Los Angeles will be dumping more than 30 tons of snow on common areas for play and slides. These efforts have become more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Starting Chapters? In 2019?

Mariner Management

But that’s not the story over at PEN America , a literary organization with nearly 100 years of history. They launched new chapters in six focus regions: Austin, Birmingham, Detroit, Piedmont North Carolina, Tulsa, and Dallas/Fort Worth.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. The decision comes at a critical time for the organization, which represents writers. In a nutshell, they went where the action was.

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And the survey says…we’re scared

Aaron Wolowiec

The organization isn’t alone. In addition, 15 percent of survey respondents plan to add security for the events – especially those organizations that host international conferences. And so, organizations are spending much more cautiously. Some are employing security agencies for counsel and preparation.

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John Graham on ASAE’s 2017 Advocacy Efforts

Association Adviser

We’ve worked with a number of organizations to block this travel ban. We opposed several version of this bill that would pre-empt existing anti-discrimination ordinances in cities like Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio that protect the community. We got some help from some local courts, but not the Supreme Court.