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Community and Economic Development – Blog by UNC School of Government https://ced.sog.unc.edu What @sog_ced is reading on the web: June 2013By CED News and Social MediaPublished June 28, 2013The 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. Details continue to trickle out regarding North Carolina Governor’s proposal to shift some activities to a private nonprofit: bit.ly/1craEDj Governor’s proposal for new private nonprofit could lead to the elimination of public funding for regional economic development entities across North Carolina. NC Eastern Region partnership activated its private nonprofit entity in case the public partnership is dissolved. bit.ly/1avhR7d How entrepreneurship is emerging as a significant economic development strategy in the Triangle. bit.ly/11zU2r0 The News & Observer reports on North Carolina Rural Center grants for community and economic development. Part 1: bit.ly/12NgJeC. Part 2: bit.ly/17eCZ2O. Rural Center announces it will review grants policy. The paradox of placemaking consultants: “The lesson of placemaking is that each place is unique, has its own patterns and meanings. This fact should make it all but impossible to take ideas from one city and apply them to another.” bit.ly/14NdvCj U.S. manufacturing resurgence resulting in part from lower costs of labor and energy, combined with a premium on speed and flexibility that requires local manufacturing facilities. onforb.es/11LnX09 How social impact bonds could be used to revitalize blighted areas: urbn.is/17jGtRH Economic impact of Battleship USS North Carolina analyzed by our colleagues at the Center for Competitive Economies at Kenan-Flagler Business School. bit.ly/10UPDvu Cleveland County, North Carolina, and regional Council of Government discuss local application of North Carolina economic develoment report and findings on workforce needs: bit.ly/10jyf6C Is host of NC SPIN right that state policies may be “leaving rural North Carolina behind?” avlne.ws/134NQuB NC’s competitive advantage in woody biomass is documented in NC Biofuels Center report. bit.ly/141qCSW Bank regulators release list of distressed census tracts. Bank participation in revitalization activities in these census tracts earns Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) credit: bit.ly/141MJac North Carolina Governor signs into law a property tax deferral for owners who preserve at least 100 contiguous acres of land for industrial use. South Carolina enacts brewery legislation to better compete with North Carolina: bit.ly/11zUMwh State appeals court strengthens legal footing of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing in California. bit.ly/1bmrLpn Speakers at Wilmington, North Carolina public hearing come out in support of economic development incentives for GE and others. bit.ly/117FT17 Charlotte weighs competing redevelopment proposals for city-owned mall. bit.ly/18YuybA Approval of industrial megasite delayed as Randolph County, North Carolina considers whether state will commit funding to the project. bit.ly/14eK7Z5 Final IRS rule to make it easier to use New Markets Tax Credits for non-real estate investments. 1.usa.gov/ZBzPmg Normal false EN-US /* Style Definitions */ |
Published June 28, 2013 By CED News and Social Media
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.
Details continue to trickle out regarding North Carolina Governor’s proposal to shift some activities to a private nonprofit: bit.ly/1craEDj
Governor’s proposal for new private nonprofit could lead to the elimination of public funding for regional economic development entities across North Carolina. NC Eastern Region partnership activated its private nonprofit entity in case the public partnership is dissolved. bit.ly/1avhR7d
How entrepreneurship is emerging as a significant economic development strategy in the Triangle. bit.ly/11zU2r0
The News & Observer reports on North Carolina Rural Center grants for community and economic development. Part 1: bit.ly/12NgJeC. Part 2: bit.ly/17eCZ2O. Rural Center announces it will review grants policy.
The paradox of placemaking consultants: “The lesson of placemaking is that each place is unique, has its own patterns and meanings. This fact should make it all but impossible to take ideas from one city and apply them to another.” bit.ly/14NdvCj
U.S. manufacturing resurgence resulting in part from lower costs of labor and energy, combined with a premium on speed and flexibility that requires local manufacturing facilities. onforb.es/11LnX09
How social impact bonds could be used to revitalize blighted areas: urbn.is/17jGtRH
Economic impact of Battleship USS North Carolina analyzed by our colleagues at the Center for Competitive Economies at Kenan-Flagler Business School. bit.ly/10UPDvu
Cleveland County, North Carolina, and regional Council of Government discuss local application of North Carolina economic develoment report and findings on workforce needs: bit.ly/10jyf6C
Is host of NC SPIN right that state policies may be “leaving rural North Carolina behind?” avlne.ws/134NQuB
NC’s competitive advantage in woody biomass is documented in NC Biofuels Center report. bit.ly/141qCSW
Bank regulators release list of distressed census tracts. Bank participation in revitalization activities in these census tracts earns Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) credit: bit.ly/141MJac
North Carolina Governor signs into law a property tax deferral for owners who preserve at least 100 contiguous acres of land for industrial use.
South Carolina enacts brewery legislation to better compete with North Carolina: bit.ly/11zUMwh
State appeals court strengthens legal footing of inclusionary zoning for affordable housing in California. bit.ly/1bmrLpn
Speakers at Wilmington, North Carolina public hearing come out in support of economic development incentives for GE and others. bit.ly/117FT17
Charlotte weighs competing redevelopment proposals for city-owned mall. bit.ly/18YuybA
Approval of industrial megasite delayed as Randolph County, North Carolina considers whether state will commit funding to the project. bit.ly/14eK7Z5
Final IRS rule to make it easier to use New Markets Tax Credits for non-real estate investments. 1.usa.gov/ZBzPmg
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