The Whistle Post

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It’s the elephant in the room, and it’s why there is now an unmistakable link between affordable housing and Connecticut’s ability to build a competitive labor force. Access to housing is a basic staple to living; it’s about families, vibrant neighborhoods and thriving businesses. I commend Gov.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Illustration from The House Book by Keith DuQuette, showing the intensification of land use as you move from suburban areas to the center city. This comes up because of the Chicago Sun-Times article, " City’s test of additional dwelling units finds most takers in gentrified wards." Where do I begin? Some units are called “granny flats.”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. 3sBeDBa By 2040 the # of households headed by 80+ year olds will double but we don’t have the right housing.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

North Carolina suffers from a lack of affordable housing options for low and moderate income households. In a May 2022 post , Tyler outlined many of the ways in which North Carolina’s local governments can aid the development of privately owned affordable housing.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 29, 2025

Other examples of brownfield properties include vacant lots with chronic illegal dumping , and housing built before 1989. While both private developers and public entitieslike land banks can redevelop brownfields, this article focuses on brownfield redevelopment for communities where there is widespread property vacancy and abandonment.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Arts and retail focused community development corporations. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the Playhouse Square Development Corporation, and Jubilee Housing of Baltimore (focused on live work housing) are particularly good examples. Transit focused community development corporations. Jeff Dean for NPR. Cincinnati.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 10, 2024

This blog post attempts to identify which of these property tax breaks that might be relevant to a local government’s community and economic development plans. Under that exclusion, qualifying farmland is taxed at its present use (farming) rather than its true market value (for development). Low- & moderate-income housing ( G.S.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Personally, I don't see the bridge park as a likely high velocity augur of gentrification because it isn't located near housing, on either side of the river. And that's my criticism of cities (and DC) and housing policy more generally. Anyway, the Washington Post has an article, " A ‘clerical error’ could cost D.C.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 31, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 1, 2024

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. DFI in the news: Report on upcoming Transylvania housing summit cites UNC DFI research in Brevard.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 29, 2024

I really like how the poster mis-states the original intention for the site, and of course, positions the use as a "giveaway to developers." Those buildings would create 273 units of housing, some of which would have replaced the existing 174 units at Park Morton while it undergoes redevelopment. s development team.

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GovLoop

JANUARY 3, 2025

For instance, when GSA helped USDA develop Farmers.gov , it created three personas : Fred, an experienced producer; Amelia, a beginning producer; and Bob, a loan officer. Personas tell stories, and an agency might need to create multiple personas if targeting more than one demographic for the same product or service. What Is a Journey Map?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment. Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JULY 29, 2022

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. US Treasury revised ARPA SLFRF eligibility to allow loans for 20+ year restricted affordable housing for those earning 65% AMI or below.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Can murals be a gateway to a more developed revitalization program? Often, city arts functions are part of the "economic development" cluster of city agencies. For example, Arts Councils probably need to add some economic development planners. The Drury students came up with the idea for the House of Art(s).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 2, 2024

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina: N.C.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. News and Observer article: [link] bit.ly/45rV6R4 45rV6R4 The market’s answer to demand for affordable housing? Manufactured housing.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2023

From the article: Meanwhile, from the 1950s through the 1970s, his hometown had undergone the same kind of “urban renewal” that happened across the country with the help of federal Housing and Urban Development and transportation grants. They’re interested in preserving their hotel or railroad station or a neighborhood.”

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

When I do searches for articles within the blog, I come across articles that remain in draft form, as I never got around to finishing them. So there is a current article in the Post (" Departing DC planner Harriet Tregoning hailed as 'forward-thinking public servant ") and a previous article in the City Paper (" Urbanista!:

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 28, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Federal Reserve Bank article describes food desert program in a rural area that brings groceries to a central point in town.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Developer selected by City; universities have option of ownership interest. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 1, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. 3KHDhH8 Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….”

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JUNE 1, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. 42NOmg0 Politico examines the value of collecting better “housing loss” data – foreclosures, evictions, eminent domain, etc.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

Episode 77: CRA Tips: CDCs - Your Partners in Community Development [link] I recently walked a CRA officer through a potential loan transaction in partnership with a community development corporation, otherwise known as a CDC. Either way, these mission based organizations are great partners in community development.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

AUGUST 31, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. 3rXSBb6 Wilson NC housing development featured by US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 21, 2024

The article " Philadelphia’s Market Street East searches for growth and renewal — with or without a new Sixers arena ," has an interesting section on a community meeting where people who weren't into the arena concept suggested alternatives. They don't want an arena, they want green roofs.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” October 2022.

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. We published a short post several years ago about developing a style sheet and what types of information to include. However, updating the style guide is the first step. But how do you do this?

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 31, 2024

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina: NC Housing Finance Agency blogs about latest data on housing cost burden in North Carolina.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

DC received a scathing report from HUD about the failures in managing the city's public housing stock of 8,000 units, 25%--2,000-are vacant because most are uninhabitable (" D.C. Housing Authority’s leadership is failing, HUD report says ," Washington Post ). Council votes for $8 billion Medicaid contracts, housing overhaul ," Post ).

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 20, 2023

That's why a Philadelphia Inquirer article, " A new cafe at Kimmel is the first step to a better arts center ," by Peter Dobrin, the paper's classical music critic is so great. Competition for leisure time is stiff, and getting people to leave their houses, a challenge.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MARCH 31, 2023

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Vacant house and lots in the Larimer neighborhood. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an article, " Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods pay the price for abandoned and decrepit homes ," about how Pittsburgh's lower income neighborhoods suffer from serious housing disinvestment. Better off segments have the money to maintain aging houses.

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The Whistle Post

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It is located in the community center of Elm City Communities’ Mill River Crossing housing complex. A national organization dedicated to helping prepare women for the workforce with professional attire and career development is now partnering with New Haven’s housing authority.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 11, 2021

After the COVID-19 pandemic severely affected the hotel industry in New York City, policymakers considered whether to promote the reuse of distressed hotel buildings as housing. In a new white paper , the NYU Furman Center’s Noah Kazis details essential background information on the matter of hotel-to-housing conversions.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 2, 2023

The Washington Business Journal reports that in Arlington County, Virginia, Goodwill is working with the Arlington Housing Corporation, a nonprofit, to redevelop a store site where they will have their store on the ground floor, with affordable housing above. They are doing a development (" Downtown Flint YMCA project gets $1.5M

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Peak Proposals

MARCH 23, 2022

For a proposal style guide, the guide covers in-house style rules and any supplemental style guidance provided by the funder. We published a short post several years ago about developing a style sheet and what types of information to include. However, updating the style guide is the first step. But how do you do this?

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