Archive | January, 2010
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Real Estate Data in Environmental Impact Statements

An Unscientific Survey of Real Estate Data in 14 EISs published in January 2010 I read 14 EISs from the NEPA Library to see what real estate data was being included in these documents. Below are the results of my unscientific survey. The chart above indicates that: 5 EISs had homeownership rates (i.e. 70% homeowners, [...]

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Cool Map of Areas Difficult for the Census 2010 to Count

Check out the Census 2010 Hard-To-Count Interactive Map (http://www.censushardtocountmaps.org/).  It pinpoints census tracts that the U.S. Census Bureau considers difficult to count. It also displays the detailed demographic and housing characteristics that the Census Bureau believes will create challenges to achieving an accurate count in certain communities. The mapping tool is based on the Census [...]

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2010 Poverty Guidelines will not be revised until at least March 1, 2010

August 2nd Revision: The 2010 Poverty Guidelines will be published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2010. Finally! Click here to see the Poverty Guidelines for the Remainder of 2010. According to the Department of Health and Human Services website, the 2009 Poverty Guidelines will remain in effect until at least March 1, 2010. [...]

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Fresh EISs? Where to Find Current Example EISs

Have you ever wanted to see how the most recent published/approved NEPA documents are addressing new issues like climate change?  Or perhaps you’ve been looking for example indirect and cumulative impacts analyses in FEISs? You should bookmark this webpage: http://www.cubitplanning.com/library/environmental-impact-statement It’s got links to the most recently published/approved DEISs, FEISs, and Supplemental EISs as listed [...]

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Free Age & Disability Data until January 31, 2010

I’ve heard that you need disability and age data for your projects.  So I added these datasets to the Socio-Ec Data Report.  This data comes from the US Census 2000 SF1 and SF3 datasets. Check out these datasets on the Socio-Ec data report sample page. How do I Get Age & Disability data for my [...]

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