(RECAP: The redevelopment of the St. Paul’s Quadrant – the 200-acre area north and east of Norfolk’s downtown that contains more than half of the city’s public housing – has been a controversial topic for years. But Norfolk’s goal, replacing three public housing communities with mixed-income neighborhoods, fits a 30-year national trend of breaking up concentrations of the poorest citizens.)
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(RECAP: In a city-to-city analysis of the finalists for Amazon’s new $5 billion North American headquarters (HQ2), public relations consultancy Hamilton Place Strategies (HPS) found that Washington, D.C., is the location to beat, according to GeekWire.)
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(RECAP: According to the National League of Cities’ 2017 Local Economic Conditions survey, mid-sized cities identified affordable housing, demand for survival services and skill alignment with employer needs as the top constraints negatively affecting their economic growth. After looking broadly at 41 mid-sized cities and doing extensive research on six — including Roanoke, Virginia, Waco, Texas, Independence, Missouri, Akron, Ohio, Small Rock, Arkansas, and Boulder, Colorado — we have found that cities are successfully using CDBG and HOME dollars to directly address these needs.)
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