Down payment for first-time homebuyers drops to 2% under N.S. pilot program
A new pilot program is promising to make it easier for Nova Scotians to become homeowners by slashing the minimum down payment to two per cent of the cost of the home.

#homeownership #downpayment #pilotprogram #NovaScotia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/homebuying-real-estate-payment-9.7072287?cmp=rss

https://www.fogolf.com/921234/l-a-touts-success-at-blocking-tee-time-brokers-from-city-golf-courses/ L.A. touts success at blocking tee time brokers from city golf courses #city #CityCourses #GolfAdvisoryCommittee #GolfCourses #GriffithPark #KevinFitzgerald #PilotProgram #RanchoPark #Reservation #TeeTimes

China's NFRA launches pilot program allowing 10 insurance companies to invest in gold, potentially injecting 200 billion yuan into the market
#YonhapInfomax #ChinaInsurance #GoldInvestment #NFRA #PilotProgram #InsuranceFunds #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=50285

Another wonderful deep dive from the Asterisk on why Pilot Programs fail to deliver results at scale, taking example of the biggest community development program, that was: Pilot community development program at Etawah destrict in Uttar Pradesh that led to India's Community Program Administration in the 1950s and early 60s.

https://asteriskmag.com/issues/08/the-biggest-community-development-program-youve-never-heard-of#1

#pilotprogram #community #asterisk

🎄 Happy Holidays from Data Spaces for Smart Communities! 🎄

A big thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey in 2024! 🙏 Looking ahead to 2025, our third call for pilots is open! Ready to make an impact? Apply by February 28, 2025.

Let’s drive innovation and create smarter, sustainable communities together! 🌱

#HappyHolidays #SmartCommunities #Sustainability #Innovation #PilotProgram #DataSpaces

The Mortdale Stake (Sydney Australia) received an email informing them the area had been selected for a Pilot Program named Informed Consent. The email included links to church sites for sources for all the statements. Upon examination it becomes clear it's not an official church-sanctioned email, but a disillusioned member who had access to the stake email system. https://wasmormon.org/email-to-sydney-australia-mortdale-stake-pilot-program-informed-consent/

#Mormon #Mormonism #ldschurch #Sydney #Mortdale #pilotprogram #informedconsent #exmormon #exmo #iwasamormon

Good last May training day with our #ParaDragonboating team, Storm the Gorge. We've only had 7 team practices in #VictoriaBC's 1st #PilotProgram for #PeopleWithDisabilities, running out of #FairwayGorgePaddlingClub on Jutland in #BurnsideGorge area. After practice wrap debriefing, I performed an Indigenous water song, to honour the waters we train & will be racing on & to protect our team on the waters.

#ParaSports #InclusiveSports #Paddlers #PaddleOn #Watersports #dragonBoat #paddling #PNW

Part of our #ParaDragonboating #PilotProgram #team members & us, with our #coach (holding new paddle). We train every Saturday morning, from #FairwayGorgePaddlingClub.

Today, we worked on more race stops, transitions & on improving team #paddling timing/synchronization.

I led a good warm-up before we started & was put into front near end of practice. Our coach is also training me on doing drumming/calling out paddle beats so I can go on multiple boats for races. Our first race is May 26th!

“Game Changer” Condo 3.0 bill passes, heads to Gov. DeSantis :

Lopez said her next task was meeting with DeSantis’ staff and explaining the need for the governor’s signature on both bills.
#Condo30 #Condominium #featured #MySafeCondo #pilotprogram #records #RonDesantis #VickiLopez
#Miami #news

https://kbindependent.org/2024/03/06/game-changer-condo-3-0-bill-passes-heads-to-gov-desantis/

The new Alley Up free shuttle service from the City debuts today. The 10-week pilot program will include eight stops around Alameda Point.

https://alamedapost.com/news/alley-up-new-free-alameda-point-weekend-shuttle/

#alameda #AlamedaPoint #AlleyUp #CityOfAlameda #free #PilotProgram #shuttle #SpiritsAlley

Global News BC: B.C. senior hurt in crash wants tougher rules for e-scooters https://globalnews.ca/news/9901523/e-scooter-injury-call-for-regulations/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #micromobilityregulation #E-scooterRegulation #ElectricVehicles #e-scooterinjury #ElectricScooter #E-scooterCrash #Micromobility #pilotprogram #Regulations #e-scooter #Canada

Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-california-dogs-accurately-covid-.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-california-dogs-accurately-covid-.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/medical_xpress/status/1651242235407499268#m

RT by @physorg_com: #Pilotprogram in California shows dogs able to accurately sniff out COVID-19 @JAMAPeds https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2804205 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-california-dogs-accurately-covid-.html

Ken Der reports that AC Transit's Board of Directors voted to discontinue Line 78, which was a pilot program to deliver riders to the ferry at Seaplane Lagoon. After August, the closest stop to the ferry will be almost a half-mile away.

https://alamedapost.com/news/ac-transit-board-votes-to-end-line-78/

#line78 #alameda #AcTransit #PilotProgram #PublicTransit #SeaplaneLagoon #SanFranciscoBayFerry

Shinichi Uchida, Executive Director of the Bank of Japan, Taking the Next Step, Opening Remarks at the Fifth Meeting of the Liaison and
Coordination Committee on Central Bank Digital Currency, February 17, 2023

— Available here: https://www.boj.or.jp/en/about/press/koen_2023/ko230217a.htm

#digitalYen #CBDC #digitalcurrency #paymentsystems #banking #financialservices #financialinstitutions #payments #settlement #pilotprogram #BankofJapan #centralbanks #Japan

RT @MetroTransitMN@twitter.com

Bus lanes will be tested on a three-block portion of Nicollet Avenue in November as Metro Transit and the @CityMinneapolis@twitter.com continue to look at ways of improving bus service throughout the city.

#publictransit #pilotprogram

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MetroTransitMN/status/1189919993552687105