Weekly Update – November 5, 2020

November 5, 2020

In This Issue

Features

Regional Chapter Roundtable: Using Data to Promote Smart Housing Policy and Strategic Interventions 

Featured Event

C2ER/LMI Institute Monthly Series

The ALICE Essentials Index: Guiding Social Policy Decisions with Sound Data

Data Visualization

From Plant to Paper Cup: The Economics of Coffee in One Chart

Feature

Regional Chapter Roundtable:

Using Data to Promote Smart Housing Policy and Strategic Interventions 

November 19, 2020 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

Free and Exclusive to C2ER Members

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The Metro Atlanta Housing Strategy (MAHS) and Metro Atlanta Eviction Tracker are two examples of how data are being used to inform thoughtful policy and direct strategic interventions to promote housing affordability and stability. In this webinar, you will learn how the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), working in partnership with other organizations, has developed these two resources using a variety of data gathering, analysis, and visualization techniques.

In the first half of the presentation, you will get to hear how land use information was combined with point-level home sales data to identify housing market subareas and how these subareas serve as the spatial framework for the ARC’s housing policy and strategy recommendations to jurisdictions and partners across the Atlanta region. The second half of the presentation will focus on the eviction tracking work that the ARC has undertaken in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia Institute of Technology. In this section, you will learn how eviction court record information is being gathered weekly and how that data is being analyzed and visualized to communicate urgency and the spatial pattern of need as well as being used behind-the-scenes to direct strategic interventions by legal aid organizations and rental assistance initiatives with the hope curbing the potential expulsion of thousands of Atlanta residents from their homes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

C2ER/LMI Events

Featured Event

C2ER/LMI Institute Monthly Series

The ALICE Essentials Index: Guiding Social Policy Decisions with Sound Data

November 10, 2020

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Price: C2ER/LMI Institute Members: Free

Non-Members: $50

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Call for Session Proposals: C2ER/LMI Institute

Virtual Annual Conference: June 7 – 11, 2021

Proposals due by November 13, 2020

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Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness Workshop

Designing and Managing Business Incentive Compliance Efforts 

November 9, 10, 16, 17, 2020

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET

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Member pricing available to C2ER and LMI Institute members

LMI Institute Training:

Instructor-Led Basic LMI Analyst Training 

November 16 – 19, 2020

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Certified Economic Research Professional (CERP) Presentation:  

Developing Interactive Online Dashboards in Tableau

November 18, 2020

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Price: Free and exclusive to C2ER and LMI Institute Members

LED Webinar Series:

Job-to-Job Flows and the Consequences of Job Separations

November 18, 2020

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET

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C2ER/LMI Institute Training:

Intermediate R Programming for Workforce and Economic Development Research

February 16 – 25, 2021

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Foundations of Economic Development Research: Introduction to Data Sources eLearning

Ongoing

Any Place, Any time

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News

Data Visualization

From Plant to Paper Cup: The Economics of Coffee in One Chart

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ICYMI

Bloomberg CityLab – Imagining a Second Life for Midtown Manhattan’s Empty Offices 

Industry Week – ISM’s Manufacturing Index for October Reaches Highest Level Since September 2018 

Site Selection Magazine – Helping Distressed Communities with a New Federal Block Grant and Curbs to Excessive Incentives

The Hill – Upskilling and Retraining Are Keys to Revitalizing America’s Workforce (Op-Ed)

Headlines

American Association of Community Colleges – Working Students Need More Support  

Law 360 – State Tax Incentives Face Increased Scrutiny Amid COVID-19  

Planetizen – Revitalization Without Displacement: A New Model From Miami 

Unidos US – By the Numbers: Latinos in the Time of Coronavirus 

Vox – Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on How to Fix the Economy During and After the Pandemic 

Reports

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy – Expanding Opportunity through Energy Efficiency Jobs: Strategies to Ensure a More Resilient, Diverse Workforce

Drexel University- Nowak Metro Finance Lab and Yale ISPS – Big Ideas for Small Business

NACo – Assessment of County Needs in Economic Recovery from COVID-19 

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Other Upcoming Industry Events

NEW! Urban Institute Virtual Event: 

Policy Matters: Reflections on the Past and Future of Apprenticeship 

November 13, 2020

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET

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CDFA/BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: 

Financing Resilient Infrastructure 

November 17, 2020

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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Moody’s Analytics 

Synergy 2020: Americas Uniting to Make Better Decisions in a Post-Pandemic World

November 17, 2020

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Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Racism and the Economy: Focus on Employment 

November 17, 2020

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Federal Reserve Education

How Diverse Perspectives Improve Economics

November 18, 2020

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET

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CDFA/BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: 

Educational Facilities Funding Solutions 

December 15, 2020

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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