December 1, 2022

Announcements

Who Doesn’t Want to Be Recognized for Their Work?!? 

The window to send in your nomination to the 2023 Community, Economic, and Workforce Research Awards is still open. Show us your work America!

The awards will be presented at the 2023 C2ER/LMI Institute Annual Conference June 12 – 15 in Detroit, MI. 

Award Categories include: 

Nominations should respond to at least one of the following criteria of research activities:

• Supporting business, economic, and workforce development activities
• Data collection, dissemination, or visualization projects
• Impact, program evaluation, or assessments
• Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Fostering collaborative community/regional initiatives
• Projects or policy analysis supporting federal, state, or local initiatives, such as pandemic recovery

Applicants must submit their nomination by Wednesday, December 7, 2022. 

News & Reports

Headlines

• Bloomberg –   Labor Hoarding Holds Key to How Severe a US Recession May Get
• City Journal – New Vice City: Gotham’s Post-pandemic Economic-Development Strategy: Gambling and Weed
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland – New Efforts Elevate Community Voices in Assessments of Economic Conditions 
• NPR – The Rules of Improv Can Make You Funnier. They Can Also Make You More Confident.
• Route Fifty – The Infrastructure Law, One Year In
• Route Fifty – Many Applications for $1B Economic Development Program Had a Missing Element
• Site Selection Magazine – The 2022 Business Climate Rankings

Reports – From Our Members

• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary
• Census Bureau – Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)
• Smart Incentives – Compliance Data Drives Smart Incentive Programs
• Urban Institute – Union-Based Apprenticeships for Young People

Reports – Non-members

• Data Foundation – The Growth and Challenges of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) Role and Agencies’ Data Maturity: A 2022 Survey of Federal CDOs
• Georgetown University: Center on Education and the Workforce – Ranking ROI Of 4,500 US Colleges And Universities
• Syndio – Quantifying the U.S. Opportunity Gap
• USA Facts – How Many Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Are There in the US?
• USA Facts – Which Americans Are Leaving Their Occupations?

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ICYMI

• Next City – Cities Are Bringing A Racial Equity Lens To Zoning And Planning Processes
• Planetizen – The Top Urban Planning Books of 2022
• Route Fifty – America’s Massive Gap Providing Mental Health Services
• University of Utah: Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute – Pandemic Learning Loss: Diving Deeper into the Data
• World Economic Forum – Here’s How COVID-19 Affected Education – And How We Can Get Children’s Learning Back on Track

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