Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Housing is a basic issue for anyone interested in CED. Behind the headline are a host of issues that both foster hope in how to address affordable housing needs and the realization of the many steps it may take to get there. Manufactured homes are a statewide feature of North Carolina – we have more than almost any other state.

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The City Fix

MAY 31, 2021

By 2030, cities will house approximately 60% of the world’s population and already more than one in three urban dwellers lack access to at least one core service like reliable energy, clean water or affordable housing. Green, sustainable infrastructure, including. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Innovation is key in achieving sustainability goals across the public and private sector. Two Nordic-based organizations are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to reach ambitious sustainability goals. Sustainability cannot be seen as an outlying or standalone department.”

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Iron Sharpens Iron

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chris Spahr, Executive Director of the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation , defines affordable housing as housing that can be made available to anyone and everyone no matter their economic status. About Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation. What is affordable housing?

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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Olivia Barrow Strauss, Vice President, Neighborhood Development for Corporate Responsibility, JPMorganChase : Drawing from our philanthropic, business, and research and policy expertise, we advance a holistic strategy to drive inclusive economic growth. These local partnerships play a critical role in informing our community investments.

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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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Center for Community Progress

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Addressing these properties requires intervention at multiple points and systems—and one powerful tool many communities use to address vacancy and promote equitable development is the land bank. 31 of The Road Ahead ) 2. 31), green spaces (pg. 30), new businesses (pg. 46), and even a community apiary (pg.

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Reprogramming the City

AUGUST 15, 2023

Why Urban Reuse Matters Sustainability : One of the primary benefits of urban reuse is sustainability. This can lead to more affordable housing and commercial spaces, which can stimulate local economies. This approach not only preserves the character of a city but also promotes sustainable growth.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The city’s severe housing shortage threatens its ability to support its existing population and sustain its economic vitality and diversity. The city’s severe housing shortage threatens its ability to support its existing population and sustain its economic vitality and diversity.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 9, 2023

However, to achieve the admirably lofty ambitions set out in the Net Zero Strategy, the government must ensure that sustainability is baked into every decision it makes moving forward. In the long term, this will mean selecting the most sustainable path will be a natural part of any process. This includes migration to the public cloud.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 9, 2023

The latest UN climate conference, COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, was a significant one for cities in many respects. Delegates established a new fund to help vulnerable countries deal with loss and damages from climate impacts, and some of.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 18, 2024

At the time, my focus was trying to create a shared parking scenario, and to invest in sustainable mobility. While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. Photo: Leah Hogsten, Salt Lake Tribune.

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The City Fix

MARCH 24, 2023

About two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. While cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity, the increasing pace of urbanization also exacerbates inequality, stresses infrastructure, and fuels climate change, air pollution and other environmental problems.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MAY 25, 2023

NYU Furman Center Releases State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2022 We are thrilled to announce the release of the comprehensive report the State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods in 2022.

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If you’re a regular reader of TheCityFix, you’re no stranger to the vital role that cities play in shaping the future of our planet. From leading the shift to zero-emission transportation networks to advancing solutions to curb plastic waste at.

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Iron Sharpens Iron

JANUARY 4, 2023

Chris Spahr, Executive Director of the Centennial Parkside Community Development Corporation , defines affordable housing as housing that can be made available to anyone and everyone no matter their economic status. What is affordable housing? And what is affordable housing? Well, great. I love your guys' show.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

By leveraging AWS to develop the next generation of EdTech solutions, these startups aim to address education challenges such as student engagement, financial literacy, student health and well-being, upskilling, and operational inefficiencies. The platform houses the UK’s largest hub of support funds, scholarships, and grants for students.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 20, 2024

From the article: The Sustainable DC Plan, which came out in 2013, said the District should begin diverting 80% of its waste away from landfills and incinerators by 2032. Why so long, so obtuse, about developing a yard waste diversion program? It's important, but hard to do at scale when you only focus on food waste.

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Reprogramming the City

AUGUST 15, 2023

The process involves channeling the air through a series of reverse osmosis machines housed within the billboard. After all, it’s water that sustains us.” This beetle’s unique ability to extract water from air in a desert environment offers invaluable insights into potential sustainable water harvesting techniques.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 23, 2023

-- High rates and prices make it less affordable to own a home in Canada , Royal Bank of Canada In some markets, 80% to 102% of median income is required to own and maintain a house. One group can't afford housing at today's prices. Sustained high interest rates in the U.S. The two reports discuss very different phenomenon.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The house has a toilet and electricity, but the costs for both. Owusu lives with his wife and four children in the Tantra Hills neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, where he shares his residence with five other tenants and their families. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Google Public Sector

OCTOBER 16, 2024

These workloads could include agents built to help government employees streamline workflows and code development, gain deeper insights from data to drive better decision-making, and enhance the agency's cybersecurity posture to navigate evolving threats. federal agencies navigating the evolving CAIO role¹.

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Reprogramming the City

MARCH 5, 2021

London firm Boano Prišmontas developed a modular structure for a project that repurposed railway arches and can be used in other marginal spaces in the city to create temporary affordable workspaces. The project’s value lies in its nomadic, temporary and sustainable approach.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

million households in the UK without internet access, according to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee. A report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee found that a lack of digital skills costs the UK economy a staggering £63 billion annually.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 16, 2022

By most accounts, the need for affordable housing across North Carolina is massive. According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. What can local governments do to address the need for more affordable housing ?

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

First, the river rises, flooding into streets and houses. Along the Ngong River in Mukuru, one of Nairobi’s slum neighborhoods and home to more than 100,000 people, residents face a dual threat when the rains come. Then the water reaches. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With over half of the world’s population living in cities, urban spaces not only house us but offer opportunities for collective work and learning while serving as sources of creativity, inspiration and hope. Nevertheless, cities also account for a staggering.

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The City Fix

JULY 5, 2024

Every three years, ICLEI hosts the ICLEI World Congress to showcase how subnational actors advance sustainable urban development worldwide. The most recent installment, ICLEI World Congress 2024, held June 18-21 in São Paulo, Brazil, converged over 1,500 global attendees to.

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CRA Today

AUGUST 1, 2023

Community development lending is a critical tool for driving impact and building stronger communities, but it requires a deep understanding of regulatory compliance and risk management. When both compliance officers and commercial lender work together, community development impact is a natural outcome.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

For example, the Green Infrastructure funding reported here is entirely for the Buncombe County Sustainability Office ’s Renewable Energy for Volunteer Fire Districts project with the goal of reducing the utility costs and greenhouse emissions for all participating VFDs. Public Space 12.5 Broadband 2.8 Green Infrastructure 1.0 Cyber Security.5

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American City & Country

AUGUST 23, 2024

In response to these consequences, the ASCE released the Sustainable Infrastructure Standard, ASCE 73-23, a tool that provides guidance for infrastructure owners to develop and implement sustainable solutions throughout a project’s entire life cycle. A recent great example is the Water Resources Development Act.

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Center for Community Progress

MAY 11, 2023

Activating vacant and abandoned properties for climate adaptation offers the ability to create and enhance access to high-quality, affordable housing suitable for a changed climate. Recent white and grey papers have explored the limits and concerns of FEMA’s flood risk map , however, development continues unencumbered in these watersheds.

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Policy Chats

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In this episode, Associate Professor of Climate Change and Sustainability Dr. Francesca Hopkins talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about comprehensive solutions to climate change, as well as the importance of local change amid global warming. About Francesca Hopkins : Francesca Hopkins earned her B.A.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Attaining the UK Governments Carbon Net Zero by 2030 and embracing new ways of building and operating built assets to build sustainably and reduce in-use energy consumption. of the UK’s landmass, including 115,000 non-residential buildings and 50,000 houses. Moreover, Glider is supporting the government’s sustainability goals.

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CRA Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

At some point in your journey as a Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) officer, you will likely find yourself involved in a community-based public-private partnership economic development project. In this model, the various sources of capital are stacked on top of each other to enhance community development financing projects.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

JANUARY 17, 2023

In fact, a significant new resource on local food system development (discussed below) was released just this morning. Reducing Market Barriers to Sustainable Farm/Food Businesses: A Business/Consumer Perspective . This program targets both economic development and community development. Historically, perhaps not as much.

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CRA Today

APRIL 10, 2024

To qualify a community development service, it has to have a primary purpose of community development, be offered on behalf of the bank, and must be related to the provision of financial services. Here, we cover the updated definition of the provision of financial services to expand eligible community development service activities.

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