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Workforce quality top consideration for Minnesota companies
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The role of transportation planning and policy in shaping communities
This article reviews some of the social and environmental costs of transportation planning over the past half-century, and highlights some promising trends in planning and policy development at the local and federal level. These legislative measures, incentives, and new patterns of growth - including transit-oriented development (TOD) - are poised to remedy some past harms by better aligning transportation, housing, and environmental considerations. Equitable TOD, though not a silver bullet, has particular potential to enhance access for low-income communities to employment, education, and ...
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Doing the math: the challenges and opportunities of measuring results in community development
Measuring the changes that flow from various community development interventions is challenging, but critical to improving our understanding of what works in the field.
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Small business development: an overview
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Community-based strategies for improving health and well-being
This article looks at two initiatives that are taking a local approach to interweave health promotion and community development efforts. These models utilize community-based strategies to improve health outcomes as well as educational, economic, and social outcomes. The first model is Elev8, a national initiative that integrates a range of health and social services into middle-school sites. The second is the Alameda County Public Health Department?s community based approach to addressing health inequities in low-income communities.
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San Francisco’s new model for mixed-income housing: HOPE SF