| Northeast-Midwest Institute Weekly Update |
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NEMWI Releases Regional Analysis of the President's FY2014 Budget
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NEMWI last week released a regional analysis of the President's FY2014 budget proposal. The NEMWI Note to the Coalitions focuses on components of the President's FY2014 budget proposal that relate to pressing federal policy priorities of the NEMW region, specifically: energy efficiency and assistance, and grid modernization; pre-disaster planning and mitigation; transportation infrastructure investment; community development, manufacturing growth, and social security; drinking and waste water infrastructure, safe shale development, and effective water quality monitoring; and natural resource protection and restoration. NEMWI will issue more exhaustive analyses of regional implications for a wider array of federal programs over time and maintain up-to-date appropriations information on its website here.
For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute. |
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Webinar: Battling Vacant Land and Abandoned Properties: April 16
| Battling vacant and abandoned properties remains a major challenge in cities across the region. To help city officials, practitioners, and funders combat these problem properties, the Cleveland Federal Reserve, together with Greater Ohio Policy Center, is hosting "Small Communities, Big Challenges," a series of events and webinars aimed at sharing knowledge, strategies, and tools that local and regional government officials and community development organizations can use to help stabilize and restore Ohio neighborhoods. The first webinar, "Beyond Triage," is slated for Tuesday, April 16, from 2 to 3 pm EDT. Participation is free but each session requires registration.
For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Senior Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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In Memorium: Dr. Diane DeVaul
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NEMWI staff, regional colleagues, and friends and family mourn the recent loss of Dr. Diane DeVaul, who succumbed after a three-year battle with cancer. Dr. DeVaul worked at the Institute from its inception through her retirement in 2010, producing a substantial body of work and policy achievements in the areas of workforce development, energy efficiency, and community development. She was an early and abiding advocate for stronger energy information systems to support a regional conversion to smart grid technology and efficiencies, a priority that the NEMW region and nation now fully embrace. The NEMW region is a better place for her remarkable professional devotion to it. She cared deeply for her family, her workplace, her community and the NEMW region, and will be sorely missed. She is survived by her husband, three children, one brother, 6 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild.
For more information contact Allegra Cangelosi, President of the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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