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Crowdsourcing for the Common Good: A Community Development Approach

Crowdsourcing—engaging web users in a particular project—may prove to be a valuable tool for decision making among government and nonprofit entities. A crowdsourcing technique that promotes engagement and creative problem solving can empower citizens and maximize benefits to a community.
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Retrofitting Institutions: Feeding Job Growth with Energy Hogs

Satya Rhodes-Conway and James Irwin, senior associates at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, discuss how retrofitting public and institutional buildings spurs job creation in the real estate sector while reducing building operating costs. (MP3 13:59) | Transcript


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Trash to Treasure: Turning Waste into Jobs

Instead of sending waste to landfills, a municipal approach that prioritizes the reuse, recycling, and remanufacture of materials can provide a range of new jobs. Georgia Tech's Nancey Green Leigh discusses how to create jobs from the waste diversion process. (MP3 10:24) | Transcript


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12/22/11
Mortgage Performance Trends in the Southeast: Mixed Results for the Third Quarter
12/16/11
The Doctor Is In: Economic Development Strategies in Health Care
12/15/11
Center for Real Estate Analytics Explores Impediments to a Real Estate Recovery
12/6/11
Distressed mortgages fall from year ago levels
11/10/11
Young firms experience difficulty obtaining credit
11/9/11
Small Business and Entrepreneurship during an Economic Recovery - November 9-10, 2011
11/9/11
Small business hiring and optimism rose in September
10/20/11
Land Banks: One Tool for Housing Market Recovery
10/18/11
Small business kept hiring in August despite pessimism
10/14/11
Audio and Slides from Sept. 8 Fed Microfinance Call-in Session Now Online
9/22/11
Buying into Rental?: Tracking the Multifamily Real Estate Market
9/15/11
Uncertain economic climate continues to stress small businesses
9/2/11
Distressed mortgages fall slightly from year-ago levels
8/31/11
Harnessing the Power of Social Networks to Rebuild Communities
8/31/11
Should CDFIs Join Your Job-Creation Team?
8/18/11
Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Trends
8/18/11
Small business owners reluctant to hire
8/17/11
Giving Credit Where It Is Due: CDFIs in LMI Communities
8/1/11
Small business owners continue to be cautious
7/20/11
Job Creation is the Focus of Latest Atlanta Fed Economic Development Podcasts
7/14/11
Beltline project aims to shape Atlanta real estate
7/7/11
Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure Trends
6/30/11
Small business owners continue to lose optimism
6/29/11
View from the Top: New Perspectives on Familiar Concepts in Economic Development
6/17/11
Self-employment as Economic Development Strategy: What Does It Mean For Metro and Nonmetro Counties in the Southeastern United States?
6/10/11
Managing Risk in the Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities Market
6/10/11
Fed Vice Chair Yellen Speaks at Housing, Human Capital, and Inequality Summit
6/10/11
June 22 Deadline to Apply for SBLF
6/9/11
Small Business data show mixed picture
6/9/11
The Economics of Green Building
6/8/11
Atlanta Fed Releases Q1 2011 Results of Small Business Survey
6/1/11
Small business outlook improves
5/18/11
New Economy, New Roles: Economic Development Organizations and Jobs
5/17/11
2011 Policy Summit Comes to the Cleveland Fed
5/4/11
Americas Center Consumer Banking Conference: Strengthening the Financial Safety Net in Emerging Markets - May 4, 2011
5/4/11
Green Potential: Moving Sustainable Development Forward through Finance
5/4/11
Not Your Father's Factory Job: Manufacturing and Economic Development
4/27/11
Small businesses report less optimism, confidence
4/25/11
Small Things Really Matter: The Important Role of Microenterprise in Job Creation
4/19/11
Does Green Make Sense? Exploring the Unanswered Questions of Green Finance and Development
4/13/11
The Job Hunt: New Clues for Small Business Job Creation
4/13/11
Rethinking the Relationship of Health Care and Economic Development
4/8/11
2011 Exploring Innovation: A Conference on Community Development Finance - May 9-11, 2011
4/7/11
The Changing Landscape of Community Development
4/4/11
Small businesses report greater optimism
3/10/11
Atlanta Fed releases fourth-quarter 2010 Small Business Survey results
3/4/11
The Changing Landscape of Community Development
3/2/11
Healthy Workforce Equals Competitive Advantage
3/1/11
Strengthening the Green Foundation:
Research and Policy Directions for Development and Finance - March 10-11, 2011
2/28/11
Small Businesses More Optimistic
2/16/11
Ready to Work? The Long-Term Impact of Child Health on Economic Development
2/9/11
Under Water in More Ways Than One: Assessing the Impact of Historic Flooding and Foreclosures on Atlanta's Vulnerable Communities
2/7/11
Assessing Investment Risk: Investors Show an Appetite for Commercial Real Estate
2/2/11
The Intersection of Medical Training and Economic Development
2/1/11
Small Business Optimism Drops Slightly
1/28/11
Putting It All Together for a Better Future
1/28/11
Who Will Treat the Sick? Emerging Trends in the Hospital-Based Workforce
1/7/11
Atlanta’s Mixed Income Communities: Planning with the End in Mind
12/29/10
Small business lending continues to decline
12/16/10
Agencies Expand Scope of Community Reinvestment Act
12/15/10
Small business, big challenge
11/26/10
Small business owners more optimistic
11/17/10
The Role of Technical and Vocational Schools in Easing Job Skills Mismatch
11/12/10
Strengthening the Green Foundation: Research and Policy Directions for Development and Finance - Call for Papers - November 29, 2010
11/12/10
Small Business Trends: Continued Limited Employment Growth Reflects Wariness
11/2/10
On the Rebound: How Resurgent Cities Generate Jobs and Investment
10/25/10
Addressing the Impact of the Foreclosure Crisis
10/2/10
Webinar on Financing Opportunities in Rural Communities: Part 2
9/22/10
Three in One: Growing Jobs, Developing a Workforce, and Stabilizing Neighborhoods
9/20/10
Southerners' Income Rises, but So Does Poverty Rate
9/9/10
Education Wage Gap
9/8/10
Community Colleges Explore New Paradigms for Workforce Development
9/7/10
Stabilizing Neighborhoods: Lessons Learned from the Field
8/25/10
Jobs That Matter Most: Driving Economic Growth in New Orleans's Post-Katrina Economy
8/24/10
It's All About the Jobs: Exploration and Networking at Free Innovations Forums
8/13/10
Counting on Quality Jobs: Transforming the Economic Development Landscape
8/8/10
Protecting Consumers through Greater Transparency
8/4/10
The New Orleans Index at Five: From Recovery to Transformation
8/1/10
Community Reinvestment Act Public Hearing Held at Atlanta Fed
7/15/10
Revitalizing Urban Industrial Sectors: A Roadmap for Diversifying the Economic Base
7/13/10
Federal Reserve Board Held Public Hearing in Atlanta
7/9/10
Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses: Board of Governors Organizes Capstone Forum
6/29/10
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Resources
5/17/10
Q&A: Practicing Economic Development in a New Era
4/27/10
New look for MyMoney.gov site
4/26/10
Financial Literacy and Subprime Mortgage Delinquency: Evidence from a Survey Matched to Administrative Data
3/30/10
American Council on Consumer Interests conference - April 14-16, 2010
3/22/10
Digital Media: A Pathway to Jobs and Investment in Louisiana
3/11/10
Sweet Charity: Foundations as a Source for Community and Economic Development Transcript
2/24/10
Banking on Economic Development: Financial Institutions and Economic Development—A Changing Paradigm Transcript
2/10/10
Resources Matter: Protecting the Environment While Growing the Local Economy Transcript
2/10/10
Atlanta Fed cosponsoring conference on consumer issues
2/10/10
Atlanta Fed cosponsors community reinvestment conference
1/13/10
Closing the Deal: Effective Incentives during Fiscal Challenges Transcript
1/9/10
The Changing Nature of Housing Counseling
1/8/10
The Changing Nature of Housing Counseling Transcript
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Jan. 25 Trash to Treasure: Turning Waste into Jobs (Economic Development)
Jan. 25 Retrofitting Institutions: Feeding Job Growth with Energy Hogs (Economic Development)
Dec. 19 Regional Innovation: When the Sum Is Greater than the Parts (Economic Development)
Dec. 16 The Doctor Is In: Economic Development Strategies in Health Care (Economic Development)

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