Economic Development

Activities Publications Webinars

Related Activities:
Capital for Communities Scorecard Presentation Webinar
August 9, 2023
Urban Institute   (NNIP Coordinator)


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Taking residents on a data walk to democratize community research findings
April 2020
Kinder Institute for Urban Research   (Houston)


Through workshops, community feedback and an interactive data walk, a Houston Community Data Connections team empowered Third Ward community members and other stakeholders to use data from a multi... [read more]

SAVI Talks: Neighborhood Change 1970-2016
June 14, 2018
The Polis Center   (Indianapolis)


Across the Indianapolis region, neighborhoods have experienced rapid cultural changes and shifting housing demand. In June, The Polis Center facilitated a... [read more]

IMS Director Sheila Martin joins Portland Innovation Quadrant
April 2018
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)


IMS director Sheila Martin has joined the board of the Innovation Quadrant (IQ) and is developing a data strategy to measure its impact, both within and... [read more]

Greater Hartford Neighborhood Data Hub
May 1, 2017 to December 1, 2020
DataHaven   (New Haven - Connecticut)


The Greater Hartford Neighborhood Data Hub program, managed by DataHaven, is designed to support the more effective curation, collection, sharing, and use of local-level cross-sector data within... [read more]

Moving Beyond "Refugee": The Somali Community of Portland, OR
December 2016
(Inactive) Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies   (Portland)


In October 2015, Dr. Uma Krishnan--who was then the City of Portland's demographer--was awarded an innovation microgrant by the city to conduct a pilot project for estimating a community-validated... [read more]

Activating Markets for Social Change
April 2016
Neighborhood Data for Social Change   (Los Angeles)


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Mark Joseph Begins Blogging for NHI's Shelterforce Magazine
February 23, 2016
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


Associate Professor Mark Joseph, PhD, founding director of the National... [read more]

Can San Francisco Get Mixed-Income Public Housing Redevelopment Right?
December 18, 2015
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


"Can San Francisco Get Mixed-Income Public Housing Redevelopment Right?" by NIMC's Mark Joseph and co-authors Nancy Latham, Rachel G. Kleit and... [read more]

Institute for Urban Policy Research will be featured in Austin College Public Administration Symposium
November 2015
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


Austin College, a liberal arts college in Sherman, Texas (located approximately 60 miles North of Dallas) will be hosting their annual Public Administration Symposium on November 12, 2015. In... [read more]

Helping Build Nonprofit Capacity to Use Data
November 2015 - February 2016
Communities Count   (Seattle)


We will conduct data trainings for nonprofits eligible to apply for Community Development Block... [read more]

NNIP partners meet with Capital One to discuss stakeholder engagement and regional plan for the future of suburban Dallas
October 2015
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)
Shift Research Lab   (Denver*)


On October 20th, one day prior to the opening of the Fall NNIP meeting, the Institute for Urban Policy Research, Capital One, and the Collin County Business Alliance (CCBA) convened a group of... [read more]

The Institute for Urban Policy Research works with Capital One to evaluate place-based initiatives
January 2015
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


Capital One philanthropic mission includes a comprehensive giving program to help build the future of communities for Capital One’s customers and associates across the U.S. These programs, known... [read more]

Wage and Unemployment Insurance Data Integration
December 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015
(Inactive) The Providence Plan   (Providence)


In partnership with Rhode Island's Department of Labor and Training, ProvPlan is integrating workforce and unemployment data into the RI DataHUB to examine workforce related policy issues. Our... [read more]

Claudia Coulton on Cleveland's Poverty Rate in Plain Dealer
September 22, 2014
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


The Cleveland Plain Dealer quoted Dr Claudia Coulton, Co-Director of the... [read more]

Community Profiles 2.0
2014 - 2015
Community Data & Research Lab at the Johnson Center   (Grand Rapids)


The Community Research Institute has released the first phase of Community Profiles 2.0 for the Grand Rapids area. This phase aims to build upon CRI's existing work in housing and economics within... [read more]

City Camp KC and National Day of Civic Hacking
May 31, 2014
(Inactive) Center for Economic Information*   (Kansas City)


City Camp KC, Kansas CIty's annual civic unconference occurred this year on May 31, to coordinate with the National Day of Civic Hacking.  The theme was Startups and the City, and topics included... [read more]

One D[etroit] Scorecard and the Southeast Michigan Regional Opportunity Index
May 2014
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


In May 2014, D3 launched the 2014 One D Scorecard, an online tool that reports on the status of our region through key data indicators in five Priority Areas: Economic Prosperity, Educational... [read more]

The Institute for Urban Policy Research assesses perception of safety in North Texas parks
March 2014 - December 2014
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


In Spring, 2014 the Dallas Police Department and The Trinity Trust, a local nonprofit, engaged the Institute for Urban Policy Research to assess community perceptions of safety in Dallas public... [read more]

TALENT 2025 Dashboard
January 2014
Community Data & Research Lab at the Johnson Center   (Grand Rapids)


Begun in 2011, this dashboard is TALENT 2025’s “go to” data source for the monitoring of ongoing improvement efforts around two major goals; (1) to achieve 60% post-secondary attainment in the 25... [read more]

SA2020 Data Dashboard, Talent Pipeline Task Force, & Integration Initiative
November 2013
Community Information Now (CINow)   (San Antonio)


SA2020 is a community visioning and collective impact initiative focused on 11 cause areas. CI:Now collects and analyzes the data to... [read more]

7.2 SQ MI
February 2013
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


In 2011, the Hudson-Webber Foundation assembled representatives of Data Driven Detroit, the Downtown Detroit Partnership, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Midtown Detroit, Inc., and D:hive... [read more]

Historic Aerial Mapper
July 2012
(Inactive) The Providence Plan   (Providence)


The Historic Aerial Mapper allows users to view how Rhode Island has changed over the last 70 years. Utilizing photos from the RI Geographic Information System, this tool allows users to zoom to a... [read more]

Measuring Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Detroit
June 1, 2012
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


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Innovation with New Information: Civic Technology
May 9, 2012
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


Audio to come soon. Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Reinventing Older Communities Conference with CityCourced and Code for America/Open Plans staff on new ways to encourage... [read more]

Data visualizations using Tableau Public
March 2012 - April 2012
The Data Center   (New Orleans)


We created two interactive data visualizations using Tableau Public. One illustrates population changes from 2000 to 2010, as well as... [read more]

Expanding to Additional Municipalities
February 1, 2012
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


Working with the Congress of Neighboring Communities (CONNECT) at the University of Pittsburgh, we are seeking to expand the coverage of the PNCIS to additional municipalities in Allegheny County... [read more]

Resource Directory Platform
2012
Urban Strategies Council   (Oakland)


We are building an opensource local resource directory to replace our current asset service provider system. This is a Rails based app built on the Heroku platform and will be rapidly deployable... [read more]

St. Louis Neighborhood Market DrillDown Event at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
October 31, 2011
Rise   (St. Louis)


In October 2011, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis convened nearly 200 participants to a symposium on neighborhood indicators and data‐driven strategies.  The symposium was focused around... [read more]

CMAP has joined the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) in presenting Economic Innovation data via our MetroPulse website
October 30, 2011 to April 30, 2012
(Inactive) Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning   (Chicago)


CMAP has joined the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC) in presenting Economic Innovation data via our MetroPulse website. One of ISTC's primary functions is to raise awareness... [read more]

CBANA Partners with the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and Shelby County Department of Planning and Development on HUD Community Challenge Grant
September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012
(Inactive) Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action   (Memphis)


The Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action is working with the Shelby County Department of Planning and Development and the Greater Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce to evaluate... [read more]

HartfordInfo Hosts Discussion on Economic Development
May 2011
(Inactive) HartfordInfo   (Hartford - Connecticut)


A panel discussion about economic development, which brought together documents and information with informed panelists on issues of importance to Hartford and the Region. [read more]

The Impact of Higher Education and Health Care Institutions (“Eds & Meds”) on the City of Camden
May 2011
(Inactive) CamConnect   (Camden)


As anchor institutions, Camden’s eight higher education and health care institutions play a large role in the City’s revitalization. CamConnect recently partnered with these institutions to... [read more]

Detroit Industrial Parcel Survey
May 2011
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


D3 collaborated with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Interface Studios to conduct an industrial parcel survey of the City of Detroit.  D3 staff participated in the surveying... [read more]

Providing data and analysis support to the DC Kids Count
2011
Urban–Greater DC   (Washington, D.C.)


NeighborhoodInfoDC has been providing data and analysis supporting the new Kids Count grantee (DC Action for Children). We released the first of a series of policy... [read more]

Related Publications:
(Inactive) Metropolitan Chicago Information Center
Chicago
Chain Reaction: Income, Race, and Access to Chicago's Major Player Grocers
September 1, 2005
Report - By: Metropolitan Chicago Information Center
Link
The Data Center
New Orleans
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Minneapolis-St. Paul
(Inactive) The Providence Plan
Providence
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
Baltimore
Neighborhood Early Warning System (NEWS)
2004
Report - By: Tanisha Anderson; Nellie Becker; Julie Darnton; Yong-Jun Shin
LINK

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Using 211 Data for Community Analysis

Speaker: Virginia Carlson; Bob Waite


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