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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: December 2014By CED News and Social MediaPublished December 31, 2014
Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Commerce releases new county tier designations: http://bit.ly/1eNfPjC Update on Hillsborough’s use of Special Assessment Revenue Bonds – the only local government to-date that has used this new authority since it was authorized in 2008: bit.ly/1tEs8nH North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla moves to North Carolina Commerce Department, replaces Secretary Sharon Decker: http://bit.ly/1HV8jD6 Two regional economic development partnerships, the NCEast Alliance and NC’s Northeast Alliance (NCNE) have signed a letter of intent to merge operations: http://bit.ly/1zZdn3q. More details on the scheduled merger into the new “NCEast Alliance.” http://ow.ly/GzIqf State Employees Credit Union (SECU) real estate division continues to invest in the rehabilitation of affordable housing – latest near Greenville NC’s Urban Redevelopment Area: http://bit.ly/1AeFyeX Chris Chung named new CEO of North Carolina’s public-private partnership for economic development: http://bit.ly/1HSFSpB One more regulatory hurdle cleared in Duke Energy deal to buy power assets from Eastern North Carolina towns: http://bit.ly/1yCNSs1 Governor McCrory highlights the importance of state historic preservation tax credits in recent speech: http://bit.ly/1uvBaVp Finalists named in Greensboro’s $1M challenge to fund innovative ideas to promote local economic development: http://bit.ly/1z15nNS Charlotte Observer report on economic development incentive competition between North Carolina and South Carolina: http://bit.ly/1sLruWo Speculation about whether the North Carolina General Assembly will authorize additional economic development incentives in order to lure an automobile manufacturing plant and other businesses. bit.ly/1wxG2ct Other CED items: 26 communities are selected to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support and expertise to community partners integrating local food systems into regional economic action plans: http://1.usa.gov/1pYayzF Article on the critical ingredients of community resilience: http://bit.ly/1AaRqyx Nonprofits collaborate to form a social-purpose Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to preserve affordable housing: http://bit.ly/1wRswUx Waivers for housing developers in Baltimore indicates that inclusionary zoning is not generating as many affordable units as anticipated: http://bsun.md/1wxFmnv Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” http://ced.sog.unc.edu/what-sog_ced-is-reading-on-the-web-november-2014/ Compiled by Marcia Perritt |
Published December 31, 2014 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.
Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina:
North Carolina Department of Commerce releases new county tier designations: http://bit.ly/1eNfPjC
Update on Hillsborough’s use of Special Assessment Revenue Bonds – the only local government to-date that has used this new authority since it was authorized in 2008: bit.ly/1tEs8nH
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla moves to North Carolina Commerce Department, replaces Secretary Sharon Decker: http://bit.ly/1HV8jD6
Two regional economic development partnerships, the NCEast Alliance and NC’s Northeast Alliance (NCNE) have signed a letter of intent to merge operations: http://bit.ly/1zZdn3q. More details on the scheduled merger into the new “NCEast Alliance.” http://ow.ly/GzIqf
State Employees Credit Union (SECU) real estate division continues to invest in the rehabilitation of affordable housing – latest near Greenville NC’s Urban Redevelopment Area: http://bit.ly/1AeFyeX
Chris Chung named new CEO of North Carolina’s public-private partnership for economic development: http://bit.ly/1HSFSpB
One more regulatory hurdle cleared in Duke Energy deal to buy power assets from Eastern North Carolina towns: http://bit.ly/1yCNSs1
Governor McCrory highlights the importance of state historic preservation tax credits in recent speech: http://bit.ly/1uvBaVp
Finalists named in Greensboro’s $1M challenge to fund innovative ideas to promote local economic development: http://bit.ly/1z15nNS
Charlotte Observer report on economic development incentive competition between North Carolina and South Carolina: http://bit.ly/1sLruWo
Speculation about whether the North Carolina General Assembly will authorize additional economic development incentives in order to lure an automobile manufacturing plant and other businesses. bit.ly/1wxG2ct
Other CED items:
26 communities are selected to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support and expertise to community partners integrating local food systems into regional economic action plans: http://1.usa.gov/1pYayzF
Article on the critical ingredients of community resilience: http://bit.ly/1AaRqyx
Nonprofits collaborate to form a social-purpose Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to preserve affordable housing: http://bit.ly/1wRswUx
Waivers for housing developers in Baltimore indicates that inclusionary zoning is not generating as many affordable units as anticipated: http://bsun.md/1wxFmnv
Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” http://ced.sog.unc.edu/what-sog_ced-is-reading-on-the-web-november-2014/
Compiled by Marcia Perritt
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