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CED through Local and Regional Food Systems: The Latest Resources

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

At the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health held last fall, a commitment was made to invest in local community and economic development to increase access to food (see page 12 of the National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health presented at the Conference).

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Experts say raising state alcohol taxes also would make more money available for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy drinking and to enforce the state’s liquor laws. That’s no coincidence, experts say. Currently, the department charged with regulating Colorado’s alcohol outlets can’t afford to fill all its open positions.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

s newest hospital ," Washington Post ), in a manner that combined acute care, wellness programming including addressing chronic conditions, and public health with a hospital providing acute care at the center. 2018) -- " Part Two: Creating a graduate health and biotechnology research initiative on the St.

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The Big CHIPS Act Matching-Subsidy Myth

Barrett & Greene

by Greg LeRoy Executive Director, , Good Job , s First , a nonprofit watchdog group on economic development incentives. Public officials, groomed for decades to “give away the store” to attract businesses, are misreading the new CHIPS and Science Act. The real competition is overseas, not the state next door.