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Equity Express Financial Education Workshops

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

This brief outlines the Equity Express program, a financial education workshop program that teaches the basics of personal financial management with a special emphasis on expense reduction in energy, transportation, telecommunications, and food....

Forward Downtown and River Action Plan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City of Grand Rapids

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Housing, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Education, Environment & Natural Resources

The GR Forward plan is a community engagement initiative to promote equitable economic growth and shared benefits across the Grand Rapids community. The brief outlines the city's plans for promoting transit-oriented development, increasing recreation opportunities, improving job quality...

Opportunity-Rich Schools and Sustainable Communities: Seven Steps to Align High-Quality Education with Innovations in City and Metropolitan Planning and Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level School District, City or Town, School Board

State(s) All States

Source UC Berkeley Center For Cities & Schools

Policy Areas Education, Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families

This report aims to help community development and regional planning practitioners collaborate on cross-sector educational improvement efforts, increase productivity, and foster social equity. Its seven-step process recommends developing an understanding of the educational landscape,...

Downtowns, Greenfields and Places In Between: Promoting Development Near Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

This report is a follow-up to a previous study by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three Recently Constructed Rail Lines. It revisits the three regions explored in Rails to Real Estate to take a closer look at where...

Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, National, State

State(s) All States

Source Eno Center for Transportation

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Transportation & Mobility

Transit projects in the United States suffer from high costs and take longer to complete than they do abroad. After conducting 117 interviews with key stakeholders, this report finds that institutional structure and decision-making, procurement specifications, utility relocation,...

Energizing Prosperity: Renewable Energy and Re-Industrialization

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Economic Policy Institute

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

This report evaluates in detail the renewable energy laws of Nevada and Michigan, discusses the progress made, missed opportunities, and bad implementation. It also discusses the threats that climate change and de-industrialization as an economic development pose against energy security...

LIFT-UP: Innovative City Strategy Reduces Utility Debt and Financial Insecurity for Residents

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town

State(s) Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Texas

Source National League of Cities

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

This report outlines the impact of the Local Interventions for Financial Empowerment Through Utility Payments initiative (LIFT-UP) which helped cities connect citizens to financial services while recouping revenue from unpaid utility bills. It found that residents who participated...

Project Labor Agreements and Bidding Outcomes: The Case of Community College Construction in California

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level County

State(s) California

Source U.C. Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Finance & Procurement

This report using both case studies and statistical analysis of construction projects at local community colleges in California found that projects with Project Labor Agreements did not reduce the number of bids received or the costs of the projects....

Crisis, Experimentation, and Prosperity: A Year of Policy Advocacy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2024

Level Other

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas -

This publication compiles all the policy analysis conducted and published by ProGov21 for the year of 2023. It includes policy roadmaps for local public officials addressing issues of equity, reproductive health, immigration, land use, public finance, regional coordination, housing,...

Cash is King: Short-Term Strategies to Slow the Flow of Money Out the Door and Keep the Budget Balanced

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

Local governments need to make sure they have enough cash on hand for essential services. During a financial crisis, the first thing local governments should do is slow the net flow of cash exiting and find ways to rebalance the budget. This report presents retrenchment techniques...

Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2002

Level County, City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transportation Research Board Of The National Academies

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Community Development, Public Spaces

This report reviews Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Joint Development (JD) in the United States. It covers topics such as the history of TOD and JD, the benefits and challenges associated with them, and best practices for their implementation. The review concludes that TOD...

2014 Houston Ordinance 591 Establishing a Parking Benefit District

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Houston

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance designates Houston's Washington Avenue Corridor as a parking benefit district. All fees and revenues generated from the use of parking meters in a parking benefit district shall be used to fund administrative costs of parking meters (i.e. signage, enforcement, maintenance)...

Leveraging Catastrophe Bonds: As a Mechanism for Resilient Infrastructure Project Finance

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Re:Focus Partners

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

Often the most cost-effective solutions to disaster risk are the ones available to communities prior to a disaster to protect against a loss occurring in the first place. Yet cities around the world are struggling to fund even basic infrastructure projects, let alone more complex...

Portland Economic Development Strategy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town

State(s) Oregon

Source City Of Portland

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

Portland should adopt a cluster strategy to spur job growth. This brief outlines best practices for supporting successful clusters; an implementation plan; funding strategies; and more....

Taking Care of Business: An Evaluation of the Los Angeles Business Team

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2000

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Finance & Procurement

This report systematically evaluates the Los Angeles Business Team (LABT), a Mayoral initiative, and its effectiveness in creating an accountable decision-making process, quality job opportunities, allocating resources, and driving business growth in Los Angeles. The report offers...

2016 Boston Executive Order Promoting Equity in Procurement

Type Executive Order

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) Massachusetts

Source Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Finance & Procurement

This executive order promotes equity in public procurement....

The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes: Property Taxes

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Policy Areas Housing, Public Safety, Education, Democracy & Governance

The property tax is the oldest major revenue source for state and local governments. At the beginning of the twentieth century, property taxes represented more than eighty percent of state and local tax revenue. While this share has diminished over time as states have introduced sales...

SW Corridor Equitable Housing Strategy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Oregon

Source Portland City Clerk Office

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

In 2016 the Portland City Council directed the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) to develop a housing strategy in anticipation of potential investment in a new light rail line from Downtown Portland to Bridgeport Village. The City of Tigard joined the partnership to help...

Life Cycle Costing: Promoting Long-Term Thinking and Equitable Distribution of Resources in Asset Maintenance

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source Government Finance Officers Association

Policy Areas -

The acquisition cost of an asset is just a portion of the total cost of owning it. Ongoing maintenance significantly adds to that cost; and for a long-lived asset, that cost can be much greater than the initial design, construction, and installation cost. Life cycle cost analysis...

Advancing Zero Energy Schools: Trends & Considerations for State School Construction Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level School District, State

State(s) All States

Source Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Policy Areas Education, Energy, Finance & Procurement

Across the country, state funding for school construction and renovation projects ranges significantly. This report summarizes how each state in the Northeastern United States funds school construction projects, and provides recommendations to achieve zero energy schools through construction...

Energizing Development: San Antonio and its municipal utility join forces to establish a clean technology cluster

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source Site Selection Magazine

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

Job growth drives San Antonio's push for renewable energy and cleaner air is a beneficial byproduct. Since two recent mayors have embraced this approach, the country's seventh-largest city has developed a unique business ecosphere. Political leaders hope early gains will make San...

Public Finance & Investment Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement

Budget shortfalls arise when powerful actors avoid paying their fair share of taxes and when federal and state governments push responsibilities onto the local level without providing adequate financial resources. In order to patch these shortfalls, many local governments have become...

Progressive Policies for Raising Municipal Revenue

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Local Progress

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance

This report lays out a set of policy and political interventions that cities, regions, and states can make to increase municipal revenue and to make their collections more progressive. Cities have historically suffered enormous budget shortfalls and after the Great Recession, available...

Local and Targeted Hiring

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source PolicyLink

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance

Economic recovery is not returning to all communities equally: the unemployment rate for White workers is down to nearly 4 percent nationally, while the unemployment rate for Black workers is more than double that. This disparity in employment is not an anomaly of our current economy,...

Can Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Reduce Obesity?

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Office Of Policy And Planning-Chicago Department Of Public Health

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Health

Americans are becoming increasingly overweight and obese. During the past four decades, the obesity rate for children ages 6 to 11 has more than quadrupled, and more than tripled for adolescents. The negative consequences of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and stroke,...

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