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Recent Trends in Real Estate Development: Fall 2023

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

This blog post is the first in a regular series aimed at informing local government partners about current conditions facing private developers and development projects in their communities. In 2021, for example, a developer able to secure a $5 million loan with 3.5% With an interest rate of 8.5%

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Episode 64: Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide with NCRC’s Community Development Fund

CRA Today

Marisa Calderon is the executive director at NCRC Community Development Fund (NCRC CDF), a nonprofit, U.S. Treasury-certified community development financial institution (CDFI) that provides loan capital to expand access to affordable homeownership, which helps Black-, Brown- and woman- owned businesses thrive.

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Developing the US cybersecurity workforce with CISA

AWS Public Sector Blog

Jen Easterly, United States Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency since 2021, poses for a portrait with Amazon Chief Security Officer Steve Schmidt, ahead of an event on business cyber security initiatives at Amazon on September 29, 2022 in Seattle. 29, 2022 in Seattle. 29, 2022 in Seattle.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Plus they have a bias against development to begin with, think developers are monsters because they make profits, etc. Cities cost money to operate.

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4 global skills trends shaping workforce development

AWS Public Sector Blog

In June 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Coursera launched the annual Global Skills Report , an in-depth look at the state of skills globally. Although there is no one-size-fits-all solution to workforce and economic development, high-skilled countries see a variety of positive outcomes.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: March 2022

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. in early 2021. UNC Dept of City and Regional Planning faculty Nichola Lowe describes the institutional supports for workforce development in NC.

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Top re:Invent 2022 announcements for K12 education

AWS Public Sector Blog

re:Invent 2022 included a slew of new service and feature announcements, with something to offer for every industry. You can check out all of the top analytics announcements of AWS re:Invent 2022 here , but let’s discuss some of them as they relate to K12. and Python 3.10 New services to securely share, govern, and collaborate on data.