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How Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Can Help Associations Adapt to a Tight Events Market

Associations Now

For the past decade, Travel Portland has been focusing on intentional change with its EDI efforts, said Angela Nelson, vice president of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Travel Portland recently reviewed its process for evaluating vendors when it issues requests for proposals and requests for qualifications. “We

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Maine Nonprofits Say Property Tax Proposal Would Jeopardize Programs, Services

Associations Now

Paul LePage submitted a proposed budget including a property tax for certain nonprofits. Last year, before releasing his biennial budget proposal, Maine Gov. At a town hall meeting on Wednesday , LePage said the proposal is part of a necessary plan to make Maine more prosperous.

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Book Review: Sharing Cities – Activating the Urban Commons

Beth Kanter

” The way the book was produced also embraces the idea of sharing through collaboratively publishing with a team from nine countries to crowd source the book proposal and write the book. This project is a lending library for home cooks in Portland, Oregon. It helps residents save money and learn new skills.

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Railroad Group Says Oil Shipments Hurting Passengers

Associations Now

That’s according to the National Association of Railroad Passengers, which says the delays on the route—which runs from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, Oregon—have become unbearable for passengers. One outside factor that could play into this, The Hill notes, is the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Could Keystone help?