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1. Ballot Box Conservation: How citizens are mobilizing to protect natural resources

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Mayo 10, 2017
   A Lecture by Kingsbury Browne Fellow David Hartwell

   David Hartwell will tell the story of the campaign to pass the largest land conservation ballot initiatives in U.S. history, which amended the Minnesota state constitution in 2006.

2. How Value Capture Can Create Affordable Housing

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Febrero 10, 2017
   David Rosen, Nora Lake-Brown, and Bryan Glascock

   David Rosen, Nora Lake-Brown, and Bryan Glascock discuss how public investments and government actions increase the value of land, and how that value can be harnessed for public benefit.

3. A New Generation of Leadership in the Land Trust Movement

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Marzo 29, 2016
   Speaker: Jean Hocker

   Jean Hocker’s talk will consider how lessons learned by the older generation, and the new skills and perspectives brought to the table by the new generation, can be shared and leveraged to advance the effectiveness of land trusts across the continent.

4. Open Books: Towards Transparency in Municipal Finance

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Febrero 4, 2016
   Speaker: Lynnette Kelly

   Join Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) Executive Director Lynnette Kelly for an overview of the bond issuance process, the role of financial professionals, and the importance of disclosure.

5. Tax Breaks, Transparency, and Accountability: A Conversation with Greg LeRoy

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Enero 28, 2016
   Speaker: Greg LeRoy

   Join Greg LeRoy for a brief presentation on the Subsidy Tracker from Good Jobs First, followed by a conversation with Lincoln Institute President George W. "Mac" McCarthy.

6. Cities on the Brink: The Dynamics of Fiscal Retrenchment

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Noviembre 20, 2015
   Speaker: Benedict S. Jimenez

   More than five years after the end of the Great Recession, a large majority of cities report that they are on the precipice of another budget crisis. This lecture is part of a series to promote municipal fiscal health.

7. From Social Stigma to Housing Solution: The Case of Manufactured Housing

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Junio 25, 2015
   Speaker: George W. McCarthy

   George W. McCarthy will report on the work of a group of plucky social entrepreneurs who embarked on a Quixotic effort to transform the manufactured housing sector.

8. Are We Living in A Second Gilded Age?

   Conferencias Lincoln
   Junio 16, 2015
   Speaker: Edward T. O'Donnell

   This topic has major relevance for contemporary U.S. society as it confronts questions about poverty, inequality, and corporate power, in what some have taken to calling a Second Gilded Age.