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  <title>BC Builds: Permitting Process</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In-depth interview with Baltimore County Department of Permits, Applications, and Inspections Director Pete Gutwald. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;BC Builds, launched in the Fall of 2025, is an initiative designed to modernize the development, permitting, and regulatory processes in Baltimore County. As the department of Permits, Applications, and Inspections moves through this process, Director Pete Gutwald sits down with us to discuss what residents and developers should know before starting the permitting process, how the BC Builds initiative will help improve permitting, and gives a general overview of how a permit moves through the application process. &lt;br&gt;
This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
Next month we discuss the permitting application process through the lens of the departmental review process. &lt;/p&gt;
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Next month we discuss the permitting application process through the lens of the departmental review process.</p>]]>
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This is part 1 of a 2-part podcast.&nbsp;<br>
Next month we discuss the permitting application process through the lens of the departmental review process.</p>]]>
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  <title>Data-Driven Government: BCSTAT</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>BCSTAT's mission is to incorporate data into decision making and apply data-driven analysis to every day operations across Baltimore County departments. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;An in-depth interview with Chief Data and Performance Officer of BCSTAT, Momen Abukdheir. We discuss the creation of BCSTAT, how the COVID-19 pandemic drove the program forward, and how a project moves from conception to analysis to implementation.  Special Guest: Momen Abukhdeir.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>An in-depth interview with Chief Data and Performance Officer of BCSTAT, Momen Abukdheir. We discuss the creation of BCSTAT, how the COVID-19 pandemic drove the program forward, and how a project moves from conception to analysis to implementation. </p><p>Special Guest: Momen Abukhdeir.</p>]]>
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