Issue Alerts
The Empty Classroom Syndrome
The discussion brief describes a crisis of declining enrollments on a district-by-district basis in schools throught the Hudson Valley through the end of the decade.
Discussion brief: Governing within the Tax Cap
For the past year, our conversation about public finance in New York has been dominated by the 2 percent tax cap. That’s why Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress decided to survey a select number of Hudson Valley communities to...
The Hudson Valley Food Hubs Initiative
The Hudson Valley Food Hubs Initiative - Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress
Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress has started a project to research and develop food...
Pattern trains more than 550 grant writers state's new CFA process
During the first four months of 2012, staff from Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress hit the road to train local government officials, nonprofit leaders and other grant writers on the new process used to apply for state grants...
Pattern releases discussion brief on school enrollment decline, school building closures and adaptive reuse
Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress has released its latest discussion brief on a topic of regional significance, titled "Closed Schools, Open Minds: Hudson Valley's School Enrollment Dilemma and Opportunities for Adaptive...
Pattern for Progress joins coalition of leaders calling for new Tappan Zee Bridge
Caption: Pattern CEO Jonathan Drapkin, right, speaks during a press conference on...
Dutchess Shared Services Study presented to Dutchess EDC Board
"Examining Shared Services Potential in Dutchess County" summarizes interviews with chief elected officials from all 30 municipal governments, rating their interest in 20 categories of shared services ranging from police and...
Pattern releases White Paper on Local Government Efficiency
Pattern announced the first publication from its new Government Efficiency Task Force at the annual President's Day Breakfast, which featured a panel of chief elected officials from seven Hudson Valley counties who discussed...
HUD Releases Proposed FY2012 Budget
Spending Blueprint focuses on fiscal discipline: strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes.
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UPDATED: New Government Efficiency Incentives Aim at Local Action
Pattern Issue Update by John Clarkson April 11, 2011
Document available for download at bottom of page.
Original Update: Pattern Issue Alert by John Clarkson March 17, 2011
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