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16034
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While North Carolina has realized tremendous success in economic development over the last decade, some parts of the state have fared better than others. The diverse economy of the urban corridor and the natural amenities of the State's western and coastal communities has yielded new residents, jobs, and development opportunities. Rural communities that once thrived on the business of agriculture or manufacturing have fared less well and continue to struggle with out-migration, business closings and reduced economic opportunities.
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16035
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This article discusses a framework for thinking about relationships between healthy childhood and the urban environment in such a way that the intimate scale of settings of children's daily lives are seen as a design opportunity within the broader context of city planning policy.
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17268
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This article outlines a methodology that assesses urbanity in three dimensions, density, diversity, and design, and creates a way to measure each dimension according to its influence on transit usage and walkability.
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17269
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Before the mass production of private automobiles in the early 1900s, many cities throughout the southeastern United States maintained bustling urban centers with electric streetcars running along major corridors. North Carolina was no exception. The flight from urban centers to the urban fringe and suburbs that began during the years following World War II promoted auto-dominated neighborhood designs. Eventually, streetcars and much of the intercity passenger rail services were disconnected. Since the adoption of the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956, a majority of federal and state transportation funds have been devoted to highway planning and construction, and the re-emergence of alternatives to automobiles.
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17270
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In 2006, the town of Chapel Hill committed to a 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gases from municipal operations by 2050. Annual inventories have been conducted to guide Chapel Hill in their greenhouse gas emission reduction measures.
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30946
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This article demonstrates ways in which Planners can redirect policy goals and visions toward a more equitable form of economic development. Three examples are given of ways planners are promoting living wage standards, job-centered training opportunities and legacy industries.
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30957
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A Poll Surveying workforce-aged individuals, outlines the economic and location preferences based on generational differences. Three attributes found that are key to the millennial generation are local access to work, amenities and affordable cost of living.
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30958
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Following the decline of the tobacco industry, Wilson is refocusing its economy toward arts and innovation. With a city-built high-speed gigabit internet infrastructure in place, a planning partnership between community, business, government, non-profit, health and education seeks to create a "quality of place" that will attract more industry to the area.
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30967
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After Broyhill Furniture closed its factory in downtown Conover, NC, the town purchased the 27-acre property before it had plans for its future use. With citizen and political co-operation, a revitalization plan for the site was developed that accounted for transportation needs, environmental concerns, business opportunities and cultural heritage.
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30968
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Holly Springs, NC experienced a boom in residential growth throughout the 90's due to the sprawl of the Triangle area. By the end of the 90's, the town with only a single grocery store established an economic development department with plans to balance its tax base by recruiting industry.
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31112
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In celebration of Carolina Planning‘s 40th year as the oldest student-led planning publication in the country, two of our alumi offer their perspectives on how planning has evolved in the 40 years since this journal began.
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31113
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A companion piece to Clinch River, this “deep dive” case study reports on the GroWNC regional long-range planning initiative in western North Carolina and provide valuable insights into this collaboration.
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31116
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Carolina Planning regularly publishes a feature highlighting projects from members of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association (NCAPA). This year’s submissions focus on community planning initiatives that utilize a wide range of collaborations, ranging from updated citizen engagement techniques, partnering with the NC Department of Transportation to slow traffic and create a pedestrian street environment, and a variety of intergovernmental collaborations.
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31118
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Published here is an extended abstract of a UNC Department of City and Regional Planning master's thesis voted the best of 2013. Dennerlein's project uses results of a Health Impact Study to determine the health benefits of a small area plan proposed within the Blue Ridge Road Corridor in Raleigh, NC.
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31120
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While local governments are making efforts to create more inclusive social policies, little is known about what these policies are and how they are developed. To better understand municipal immigrant integration practices, my Master’s Thesis, Building Integrated Communities: Innovative Bureaucratic Incorporation Strategies for North Carolina, completed in May 2012 examined integration using two methods: 1) analyzing strategies local jurisdictions employ across the country to integrate immigrants and 2) presenting a case study to better understand the contextual, structural, and institutional factors of a two-year strategic planning process to develop an immigrant integration plan in three local jurisdictions in North Carolina, a new immigrant destination. From this analysis, I gleaned practical recommendations for other local governments interested in developing similar immigrant integration initiatives that will be discussed in this article.
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