Rich OvermoyerJul 7, 20202 minOZ's are Still Behind the Curtain: 5 Recommendations to Redesign Opportunity ZonesICYMI the Urban Institute released a new report that analyzes the impacts of the much touted Opportunity Zone program.
Rich OvermoyerJul 6, 20203 minIs Our Economic Glass Half Empty or Half Full?I live in a community that is pulling back on reopening due to a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases. It is a blow to what little consumer...
Mickey McGlassonJul 1, 20203 minLying with Numbers: Race, Unemployment, and the Great RecessionIt just wouldn’t be a discussion of how numbers can mislead without an invocation of the famous quote falsely attributed to Mark Twain, who
Jerry PaytasJun 8, 20207 minEconomic Vulnerability in the Land of Opportunity: Confronting Economic Injustice The coronavirus does not discriminate, but our housing, economic, and health care policies do.
Fourth EconomyJun 2, 20202 minOur CommitmentIn our work, some of the issues that we deal with are subtle, technically complex, or otherwise difficult to identify. Racism is not.
Rich OvermoyerMay 28, 20201 minCommunity Builders: Roadmap to RecoveryAs the COVID-19 crisis started advancing the inevitable economic impacts, our friends from Community Builders reached out to collaborate on