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Four Years After the Pandemic, Work-From-Home Trends Reshape Residential Choices and Real Estate

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

1] In 2024, between 25 and 30% of the U.S. According to the WFH Research, which oversees the SWAA survey, the average distance from the workplace rose from 10 miles in January 2020 to over 25 miles in 2023. [2] In the fourth quarter of 2023, the office vacancy rate in the Raleigh metro area hit 20% , aligning with the national average.

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

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CFP URL: [link] CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction 2023-10-16 The concept of extraction (or extractivism) has been used in myriad disciplines — geography, international relations, environment, economics — often to describe social formations around natural resource management. More information can be found at [link] Karen P.

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As of 2024, it’s never been harder for artists to find a place to work. Artists can and will work anywhere and, like their work itself, they’re limited only by the extent of their imaginations — and their finances.

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AWS Partner Transformation Program (PTP) expands to help AWS Partners accelerate their cloud business

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Since the inception of the PTP for Public Sector in 2017, more than 700 AWS Partners have participated in the program globally, accelerating their cloud transformation and creation of AWS-based businesses and solutions. These initial TTMs are available now in select geographies, in preparation for an expanded rollout in 2024.

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NBA All Star Game in Salt Lake, economic development hype | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the Pirates baseball team economics

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah Business magazine claims that the economic development impact of the Game will be as much as $250 million (" The 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend could boost Utah’s economy by $250M+ "). million in total economic impact. City/government revenues from the lease are minimal. 350,000 maximum annual lease payment.

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How changes to Fair Market Rent affects access to affordable housing for extremely low-income renters

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

As of 2023, about 72,000 North Carolina renters use vouchers to subsidize the cost of rent and utilities. Landlord participation in the voucher program has declined both nationally and in North Carolina from around 90% in 2018 to 80% in 2024. For instance, the 2024 FMR was calculated using ACS data from 2017 to 2021.

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Revisiting the 11th Street Bridge Park project as an opportunity rather than a folly: a new revitalization agenda for East of the River, DC

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Bilbao as an example of Transformational Projects Action Planning ," 2017 But I have to say that the student "inspired me" to rethink of the bridge park as an opportunity to reshape revitalization planning and practice in Anacostia. s Least-Visited Smithsonian, The Anacostia Community Museum, Is Preparing For Gentrification " WAMU/NPR, 2017.