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"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and...
22) Summarizing the community economics of community forestry: Wallowa resources, Wallowa County, Oregon
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Economic development report volume EDR07-3
Pub. Date
[2007]
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Place called home (Lori Wick) volume 1
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"With the death of her grandfather, her only living relative, Christine experienced a deep loneliness she'd never felt before. After escaping to the small community of Baxter, Christine begins to piece together a new life. The love she finds there, along with newfound faith, sustains her as she faces the threat of danger."-Cover
25) Pollyanna
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness. Pollyanna knows the secret to finding a smile -- even when really bad things happen. From the moment she arrives in Beldingsville, she shares her Glad Game with everyone around her. But the person who needs Pollyanna's help...
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The mysterious new tenant of Wildfell Hall is a strong-minded woman who keeps her own counsel. Helen 'Graham' - exiled with her child to the desolate moorland mansion, adopting an assumed name and earning her living as a painter - has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage. Narrated by her neighbour Gilbert Markham, and in the pages of her own diary, the novel portrays Helen's eloquent struggle for independence at a time when...
28) The economic valuation of community forestry: analytical approaches and a review of the literature
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Economic development report volume EDR07-8
Pub. Date
[2007]
29) Energy storage
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2010.
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Renewable energy production is intermittent and not always available when needed. The ideal storage system will provide an agricultural producer the option of either (a) using the energy stored, as needed, to power large loads such as irrigations pumps, or (b) selling excess or stored energy back to the utility during peak load. Lastly, an underlying requirement of iCAST's CAES pilot was to provide the agricultural community an affordable energy storage...
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[2011]
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Colorado's historic resources contribute significantly to the economic, environmental, social, and aesthetic value of the state. From an economic perspective, historic preservation activities boost local and state economies by creating jobs, revitalizing residential and commercial areas, leveraging private capital, and stimulating a wide range of related economic opportunities. But the value of historic preservation is not just economic. Historic...
31) Colorado Hospital Transformation Program concept paper, delivery system reform incentive payment
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2016.
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The State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing will seek approval from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Section 1115 waiver authority to embark on a five year demonstration to implement hospital-led strategic initiatives through the establishment of a delivery system reform incentive payment (DSRIP) program. The state will leverage hospital supplemental payment funding generated through existing...
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2010.
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Colorado's Early Childhood (EC) Councils were established in 2007 through State legislation (HB07-1062) as a network of community-based collaboratives that can help to build a "comprehensive system of early childhood councils to increase and sustain the availability, accessibility, capacity, and quality of early childhood services throughout the state." Research has demonstrated the value of high quality early childhood care and education in preparing...
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2019.
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This report documents the results of a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study for US Highway 34 (US 34) between Larimer County Road (LCR) 29 and Weld County Road (WCR) 53 within Larimer County; Weld County; the Cities of Evans, Greeley, and Loveland; and the Towns of Johnstown, Kersey, Garden City, and Windsor. US 34 is a critical east-west transportation corridor for northern Colorado's growing communities. Sustained and strong economic...
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2020-
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Sustainable use of water is a priority for Colorado today. The state's rapid and continued growth and its popularity as a tourist destination has focused attention on the natural resources required to sustain its wildlife, communities, businesses, and recreational sites. Demands on Colorado's water supply are dominated by agricultural, domestic, and industrial use but also increasingly include requirements for recreation and ecosystems. Groundwater...
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"A writer and mom with decades of experience working in Silicon Valley, Jessica Carew Kraft grew fed up with her life filled with digital screens and deep anxieties about the future of humanity and nature. She quit her job and set out to learn about 'rewilding' from people who reject the comforts and convenience of civilization to live in nature using Stone Age tools and skills. A suburbanite with a husband, kids, and a mortgage, she learned to turn...
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2016.
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"Acequias are unique and longstanding cultural and legal institutions in Colorado. Spanish and Mexican farmers and ranchers who settled here long before Colorado became a state created these systems for irrigation and water sharing that ensure sustainable use of water, and create important community bonds. Despite their long history, which includes acknowledgment in the session laws of the Colorado Territory, it was not until 2009 that acequias received...