Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al. Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment.

2010 91

2010 Housing 2015 2011 91

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

AUGUST 20, 2021

This was in 2010, shortly after Haiti had been prostrated by a magnitude 7 earthquake. million people were displaced from their homes, but the earthquake destroyed more than people and their homes: it dealt a near fatal blow to government. The 14 th August 2021 magnitude 7.2 Nevertheless, there were some spectacular failures.

2010 69

2010 Social Media 2021 Public Affairs 69

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 18, 2024

Definitely this is another example of DC government's failure to focus and to be innovative. For years I wrote that the DDOT safety dashboard was crap (" DC DDOT transportation access portal doesn't really say anything ," 2010). Government has a bias for inaction. Ward focused traffic safety programming.

Transportation 52

Transportation 2010 2019 2014 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

According to Twitter and other news sources (" WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative ," DC News Now) WMATA the operator of regional subway and bus services, and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, are going to start working together. I note that GGW just wrote about this this week.

Transportation 52

Transportation Coordinator 2011 2006 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

And Maglev and the Central Business District, which is another inducement for a Height increase, one completely unseen by DC's planning and economic development officials (" DC, Transformational Projects Action Planning, and the Baltimore-Washington Maglev project ," 2021). Social urbanism and equity planning.

Economic Development 52

Economic Development 2012 Development 2014 52