The economics of placemaking; JLP+D develops innovative strategies for public-private partnerships that access untapped value and maximize public benefit.
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"Closing the racial income gap on Long Island, through strategies like workforce development, could add approximately $24 billion to the regional economy"
"Every elected official wants to bring more quality jobs into their district, but not all of them are thinking about how to prepare community members to meet those opportunities"
"We need to engage all sectors, including planners, to resolve the gaps in career readiness and education that exist along racial lines" - Theresa Sanders, President of @LIurbanleague
JLP+D President James Lima is moderating a panel at @apanewyorkmetro's Annual Conference on the future of workforce development with experts from @SuffolkLabor, @LIurbanleague, @NYCETC_org, and JLP+D's own Yuxiang Luo - follow the thread to below to hear key insights:
"When we are looking at a potential economic development project, we should be creating a career map for each sector involved that charts out the pathways available to people" - Commissioner Rosalie Drago of @SuffolkLabor
Excited to announce our work in Buffalo with the iconic @CentralTerminal and the surrounding Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood. Thrilled to be part of an inspiring and diverse project team led by @SmithGroup, along with @Bcampagna, Mustard Seed World Group, @WattsAEE and @LlcTrophy
The @CivicCommonsUS model has proven effective at cultivating more equitable & resilient communities. Great report from @urbaninstitute on how/why it should be replicated and scaled civiccommons.us/app/uploads/…
Some excellent insights in the latest edition of @AEAjournals Journal of Economic Perspectives on place-based jobs policies, technology clusters, and agglomeration economies aeaweb.org/issues/602
With public resources squeezed and growing numbers of residents and businesses in need, public-private partnerships like
@bham_strong must be a key component of recovery strategies brookings.edu/research/a-pub…
The pandemic has laid bare the glaring inequities in park access that exist along socioeconomic lines. Proud of @Gov_Island for redoubling its efforts to provide disadvantaged New Yorkers with access to open space nytimes.com/2020/07/15/nyreg…
One unexpected outcome of the pandemic: the recognition that investments in sustainability and green assets are an imperative (via @Marketplace and @cfarrellecon) marketplace.org/2020/08/03/s…
Using real-time search data, economists from @ApartmentList found that interest in cities actually increased relative to suburbs and rural areas in Q2, indicating that the demand for density is resilient (via @CityObs) cityobservatory.org/the-exod…
The pandemic has reminded all of just how invaluable our public spaces are. @CivicCommonsUS new toolkit offers some compelling methods for quantifying the ways in which social infrastructure creates benefit for communities: civiccommons.us/2019/01/meas…
Economic shocks, a public health crisis, and the reckoning over racial injustice have underscored the imperative for more equitable, sustainable, and resilient development. Learn more about how we are advancing this work and subscribe to our newsletter: bit.ly/3homXJp
