News
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September 2013
- Read our September newsletter.
- Listen to Colleen Dawicki discuss civic infrastructure with the Standard Times editorial board.
- Follow our project progress with our monthly update.
August 2013
- Here's the link to our monthly newsletter.
- Read "Civic Infrastructure in Gateway Cities," an article written by Colleen Dawicki and published in the latest issue of MassBenchmarks.
- The New Bedford Standard Times championed our research on civic infrastructure in a 8/25 editorial.
- The August project update is available on the blog.
July 2013
- Read our July newsletter with this link.
- What are we working on? Read our July project update on the blog.
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
- Read our April newsletter here.
- This month, we began posting a monthly project update on the blog. Read April's here.
March 2013
- Read our March newsletter here.
- Project Manager Colleen Dawicki served as a panelist at a MassINC- and Transportation 4 Massachusetts-sponsored event on regional public transit. Read the Herald News story here.
- We announced a photo contest to promote and generate content for the SouthCoast Urban Indicators Project. Read the SouthCoast Business Bulletin article here.
February 2013
- The Urban Initiative and the UMass Dartmouth Department of Public Policy present 'Sustainable Cities,' a series featuring the research of our graduate assistants. Click here to learn more.
- Our February newsletter is now available.
- We kicked off our 'Sustainable Cities' graduate student speaker series, presented in partnership with the Department of Public Policy. Learn about the series here.
January 2013
- Here is our first newsletter of 2013.
December 2012
- Our newest endeavor, SouthCoast Urban Indicators, is featured in this Herald News article.
- Boston think tank MassINC features SouthCoast Urban Indicators in this blog post.
- We published our first anniversary newsletter, available here.
November 2012
- Our SouthCoast Urban Indicators Project has officially launched! Visit this web-based effort at www.southcoastindicators.org.
- Read our November newsletter.
October 2012
- October newsletter is available at this link.
- Project Manager Colleen Dawicki is named a Gateway Cities Innovation Institute Fellow by MassINC. Read more about this distinction in the Herald News and the Standard Times.
- Dawicki is quoted in a Boston Globe story about New Bedford's revitalization.
September 2012
- The Urban Initiative released the first report of our multi-year evaluation of the Taunton (MA) Housing Authority's HOPE VI project. Read the baseline report documenting pre-redevelopment conditions on our Research and Reports page.
- Read our September newsletter.
August 2012
- Here's our August newsletter.
July 2012
- Meet the Urban Initiative's two high school interns, Adam Vieira and Emma York!
- View our July newsletter here.
June 2012
- The Urban Initiative added two new members to our team! Meet graduate research assistant Bob Golder and undergraduate Urban Policy Intern Evan Desrochers.
- Click here to read June's newsletter.
- Project Manager Colleen Dawicki was named a National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) Fellow, and will use her role to support the NDPC's mission of boosting graduation rates in the South Coast and across the nation.
May 2012
- Check out the Urban Initiative's newsletter for the month of May.
April 2012
- Read our April newsletter here.
March 2012
- The New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce released a report conducted by the Urban Initiative on regional permitting processes and best practices. Read the report in its entirety by visiting our Research & Reports page.
- This effort got some great coverage in the local media: the Standard Times featured our work in an article and an editorial, and the New England Business Bulletin provided coverage as well.
- An archived version of our March newsletter is available available here.
February 2012
- Click here to learn about what we're working on in this month's newsletter.
January 2012
- The Urban Initiative joined Twitter! Follow us @UrbanUMassD.
- Read about this and more in our January newsletter.
- On January 26, we joined the MA Bar Association in a conversation about the role of attorneys in supporting the needs of Gateway Cities.
December 2011
- The Urban Initiative launched its monthly e-newsletter! Read this month's edition by clicking here, and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an issue.
November 2011
- We've changed our blog address to a more user-friendly format that offers more features and better functionality. Here's the new link: http://urbaninitiative.wordpress.com.
September 2011
- The Urban Initiative is blogging! Check out Urban Update, our new blog featuring news, events, and annoucements related to urban policy, with an emphasis on topics that affect nearby cities like New Bedford and Fall River.
May 2011
- Read about the Urban Initiative's recent work addressing public transportation in New Bedford in this article.
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