Economic Development
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| A Demographic and Economic Profile of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin In this brief, we present a demographic and economic profile of Duluth, MN, and Superior, WI, with a specific focus on families with children. The cities, situated at the western point of Lake Superior (see Figure 1), share a rich economic history as major ports for… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | Demography, Economic Development, Poverty |
| Beliefs about Development Versus Environmental Tradeoffs in the Puget Sound Region Using data from a phone survey of 1,980 Puget Sound residents conducted in 2012, this fact sheet outlines residents’ views about the importance of environmental protection as well as their opinions about energy development, protection of wild salmon, and land use… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community Development, Economic Development, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Forging the Future: Community Leadership and Economic Change in Coös County, New Hampshire Author Michele Dillon conducted a case study of community change in Coös County, New Hampshire, for two-and-a-half years (June 2009-December 2011) to investigate how local community leaders in Coös assess the initiatives, challenges, opportunities, and progress in… |
New Hampshire | Civic Engagement, Community, Economic Development, Leadership, New Hampshire |
| The Local Agricultural Community Exchange: Outcomes and Lessons Learned from a Public-Private Initiative to Revitalize a Downtown Community This brief describes a revitalization project in Barre, Vermont, led by a public-private partnership involving the Agricultural Community Exchange, the Central Vermont Community Action Council, and the private businesses that operated out of the storefront.
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Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Economic Development, New England |
| Stretching Ties: Social Capital in the Rebranding of Coös County, New Hampshire Place rebranding is gaining in popularity as cities and rural communities alike attempt to expand their revenue streams through innovative marketing strategies that seek to revitalize or create tourism destinations. These efforts tend to come about as part of an… |
New Hampshire | Community Development, Economic Development, New Hampshire |
| Jobs, Natural Resources, and Community Resilience: A Survey of Southeast Alaskans about Social and Environmental Change As part of the Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) project, researchers at the Carsey Institute surveyed 1,541 residents of the ten boroughs and unincorporated census areas in Southeast Alaska to better understand social and environmental change in the… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change | Community, Economic Development, Environment, Public Opinion |
| Southeastern Kentuckians Remain Optimistic Through Great Recession: Growing Concerns about Sprawl, Housing, and Recreational Opportunities In May and June of 2007, Carsey Institute researchers surveyed 1,000 randomly selected respondents from Kentucky’s Harlan and Letcher counties, and between November 2010 and January 2011, they returned to survey 1,020 different randomly selected respondents from the… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Economic Development, Housing, Poverty, Public Opinion |
| Continuity and Change in Coos County Results from the 2010 North Country CERA Survey This brief from Chris Colocousis and Justin Young uses the most recent North Country CERA survey to focus on change and continuity in Coos County between 2007 and 2010, and then makes comparisons of the present conditions across the three study counties. The authors… |
New Hampshire | Community, Economic Development, Environment, New Hampshire, Public Opinion |
| Capital Markets, CDFIs, and Organizational Credit Risk Can Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) get unlimited amounts of low cost, unsecured, short- and long-term funding from the capital markets based on their organizational credit risk? Can they get pricing, flexibility, and procedural parity with for-… |
Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Economic Development |
| Maximizing Returns to Colleges and Communities Colleges and universities depend tremendously on their local communities in numerous ways, and through community investment, have a unique opportunity to support these communities in turn. This handbook provides an overview of community investment, including a step-… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Economic Development, Education |
