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Community and Economic Development – Blog by UNC School of Government https://ced.sog.unc.edu What @sog_ced is reading online: April 2017By CED News and Social MediaPublished April 28, 2017
Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina: The UNC SOG’s Development Finance Initiative (DFI) attracts developer proposals for the rehabilitation of a historic mill in Hendersonville. No illegal grants offered by city to support redevelopment: http://bit.ly/2pFVCLT Great example of cultural asset building in Western North Carolina: an online resource for craft trails to connect visitors with artisan craft businesses. http://bit.ly/2ptzrHN 2/3 of North Carolina business owners applying for SBA disaster recovery loans were denied, hampering recovery of small towns: http://bit.ly/2qeMAVX Other CED items: Options for reforming Community Development Block Grants, known as CDBG. http://bit.ly/2oRDfzB New Urban Institute report outlines the connections between urban blight and public health, offers policy and program recommendations to strengthen these connections: http://urbn.is/2oEXEIY How can a community prevent the last bank from leaving a small town? Rural banking forum and white paper offers recommendations: http://bit.ly/2qmtOs4 Mark Shelburne reviews studies that examine effects of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) affordable housing on surrounding property values. http://bit.ly/2oIBunR How the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) negotiates with banks for more community development lending to underserved areas per CRA requirements: http://bit.ly/2pbS5TZ “Unleashing the power of endowments”- Ford Foundation already makes PRIs (program-related investments), now to make mission-related investments (MRIs): http://bit.ly/2nG3vM1 Study finds that residents of low-income neighborhoods with arts amenities are healthier, safer, and better educated: http://bit.ly/2nhFYph Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” http://ced.sog.unc.edu/what-sog_ced-is-reading-online-march-2017/ Compiled by Marcia Perritt |
Published April 28, 2017 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:
The UNC SOG’s Development Finance Initiative (DFI) attracts developer proposals for the rehabilitation of a historic mill in Hendersonville. No illegal grants offered by city to support redevelopment: http://bit.ly/2pFVCLT
Great example of cultural asset building in Western North Carolina: an online resource for craft trails to connect visitors with artisan craft businesses. http://bit.ly/2ptzrHN
2/3 of North Carolina business owners applying for SBA disaster recovery loans were denied, hampering recovery of small towns: http://bit.ly/2qeMAVX
Other CED items:
Options for reforming Community Development Block Grants, known as CDBG. http://bit.ly/2oRDfzB
New Urban Institute report outlines the connections between urban blight and public health, offers policy and program recommendations to strengthen these connections: http://urbn.is/2oEXEIY
How can a community prevent the last bank from leaving a small town? Rural banking forum and white paper offers recommendations: http://bit.ly/2qmtOs4
Mark Shelburne reviews studies that examine effects of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) affordable housing on surrounding property values. http://bit.ly/2oIBunR
How the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) negotiates with banks for more community development lending to underserved areas per CRA requirements: http://bit.ly/2pbS5TZ
“Unleashing the power of endowments”- Ford Foundation already makes PRIs (program-related investments), now to make mission-related investments (MRIs): http://bit.ly/2nG3vM1
Study finds that residents of low-income neighborhoods with arts amenities are healthier, safer, and better educated: http://bit.ly/2nhFYph
Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….” http://ced.sog.unc.edu/what-sog_ced-is-reading-online-march-2017/
Compiled by Marcia Perritt
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