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Author Archives: Maureen Berner

Customer Service in CED – The New Push to Improve What We Do
Evidence to Support CED programs: The Growing Talk About RCTs
The Story of Job Growth in North Carolina: Feast or Famine?
Revisiting the Case for Affordable Housing Four Years Later: Reminder of Value of BLS Salary Data When Understanding Affordable Housing
Practical Tools for CED: What Social Network Maps Can Offer
Using Human Centered Design in CED work
A COVID Silver Lining for CED Professionals: Innovation
Signs of Strain in Local Social Safety Nets in NC: Observations for CED Professionals
The NC Workforce of Tomorrow: the Condition of Community College Students Today
A Lesson for CED Professionals on The Tipping Point: When Local Partners Pull Out of Fed and State Programs
An Important Change to Formula for CED Programs?
CED and Planning vs Income Inequality Part 1: When Communities Pay the Price
Meet ALICE: How the United Way is Creating a Portrait of the Working Poor in NC
New CED Data Resources Keep Rolling Out: The Opportunity Atlas, The Eviction Lab, Every Building in America and A Look Back to How Data Can Help in Disaster Recovery
It’s How Much?! Cost of Living Data for NC Counties and Select Cities
Trying to Capture a Community’s CED: New Dashboard of Growth, Prosperity and Inclusion Data
Lessons for CED from Europe: Housing, Job, Food, or Fuel Poverty…All Roads Lead to a Social Inclusion Model
Lessons for CED from Europe: Inclusive Communities and a New City-Run Food Pantry
How Should We Measure Community and Household Economic Conditions?
Making the Case for Affordable Housing: Using BLS Statistics to ask Hard Questions About Salaries vs. Local Housing Costs
Current Positive Economic News? Cheer, Then Take a Breath and Look Deeper at the Divided NC Economy
Understanding the Tools Available for CED Professionals: How Far Do NC Local Governments Go in Social Media Presence?
Is Your Local Community Partner Ready To Go?
Live Long and Prosper: Does CED Impact How Long We Live?
Capacity Matters For CED, Part 2: News For the NC Food Industry and Farmers
CED Winners and Losers in the Same Space: Income Inequality in North Carolina
You say you want “Big Data” for Community Economic Development, but are you ready for it?
A New Blog from the NC Department of Commerce for Community and Economic Development Professionals
Three Headlines, Two Futures for North Carolina?
Do Your Local Economic Development Plans Depend on the Middle Class … in China?