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How Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Affect the Community

Center for Community Progress

Vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties—referred to by some as “blighted properties”—pose significant costs to public health, property values, local taxpayers, and more. Failure to address problem properties, just like ignoring a leaking faucet, costs more in the long run and causes more harm over time.

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The first-year effects of Mexico’s soda tax: An interview with Barry Popkin, Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health – Episode #108

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

He is a Distinguished Professor of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. This is the second interview in our two-part series about Mexico’s soda tax. In part one , I spoke with Tina Rosenberg about how the tax came about.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning: Part Two | Academic Research as Guidance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OTOH, there is a city regional park a few blocks away with a beautiful 2.5 acre dog park. We don't need to duplicate.)

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Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Could Be the Missing Piece in Fighting Vacant Properties

Center for Community Progress

These properties, as Community Progress Senior Fellow Alan Mallach recently discussed on NPR’s 1A , actively harm neighbors and neighborhoods by threatening public health and safety, keeping residents from building wealth, and destabilizing local government finances.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

Article by Derik Suria & Meghna Pamula Air pollution is a serious public health concern. Research shows significant disparities in exposure to air pollution and health outcomes among different communities by the level of income. for 2016-2020. in the period 2006-2010. percent decline in exposure.

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Using school-based health centers to address the health needs of low-income youth: An interview with Olga Acosta Price, Professor, The George Washington University – Episode #126

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

To learn more about the trends in school-based health centers and the evidence of their impact, we’re joined by a leading expert on the topic, Olga Acosta Price. Her recent paper published by the Brookings Institution focuses on school-centered approaches to improving community health.

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Test, learn and adapt – How public agencies can use researcher-practitioner partnerships to test low-cost, light-touch interventions: An interview with Adam Sacarny, Professor, Columbia University – Episode #133

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

An economist by training, he is a professor of health policy and management at Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as well as the State of Colorado on communications-related experiments. He has been working with both the U.S.