Reviving cities must include the excluded
CT Mirror September 27, 2019
[Excerpt from feature article by Tom Condon, CT Mirror] A quarter century ago, downtown Hartford was 8/5 rather than 24/7. People drove in for work or UConn games and then headed back to the suburbs. It was hard to even buy a cup of coffee on weekends. That has changed. With 1,500 new apartments completed or in construction, a new UConn branch, new transportation options and minor league baseball, the downtown area is coming back to life. But just blocks from the theaters and elegant restaurants are some of the poorest neighborhoods in the state.… Read More
Newsletter: DataHaven receives three national awards
by Mark Abraham September 22, 2019
New: Two national grants to empower residents with local-level data and video storytelling … Read More
Making racial equity integral to all aspects of the Working Cities Challenge
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Newsletter June 7, 2019
Excerpt from article by David Radcliffe of the Boston Fed staff: "Racial equity is achieved when one's racial identity has no influence on how one fares in society. As the Working Cities Challenge model has rolled out, we’ve paid increasing attention to the role that race and equity play. Understanding the legacy of race in a particular community helps ground city teams and their plans in the reality of how (and why) cities operate.… Read More
Data Reveals Hidden Concerns Amid Upturn
by Mark Abraham April 15, 2019
Originally published in the New Haven Independent on 4/12/19: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/data_haven_survey/ by APARNA NATHAN & MARK ABRAHAM … Read More
Survey: Jobs Make The Difference In Hamden Happiness
New Haven Independent April 11, 2019
[News article by Brian Slattery] Hamden is a good place to live — as long as you can find a good job. That’s one of the lessons from a newly released 2018 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey.… Read More
New Haven Census Coordinators Plan Efforts
Yale Daily News March 27, 2019
Excerpt of article by Emiliano Gomez, March 27, 2019: "In 2010, parts of three New Haven neighborhoods — Fair Haven, Newhallville and Edgewood — were designated by the Census Bureau as especially “hard to count” tracts due to low mail-return rates of census forms — less than 60 percent. Such neighborhoods are mostly composed of groups the Census Bureau has designated “hard to count.”… Read More