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DrillDown profiles combine Social Compact’s many innovative economic and demographic methodologies into a powerful information package unique in scope, breadth and accuracy -- compared with conventional inner-city economic analyses -- unearthing new…
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Social Compact's Census program aims to implement a range of initiatives including technical assistance, workshops, training materials, and other tools in a combined effort with the Census Bureau to create a set of more standardized data collection and…
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Social Compact maintains a number of mapping tools and applications that expose its data in interfaces that are easy to use and open access, multiplying the effectiveness our data.
Existing applications include Social Compacts CityDNA, MortgageLeadr,…Tools & Applications -
Broadly, Social Compact’s efforts regarding food access addresses the following seven elements:
1. Understanding the barriers in the local market
2. Providing an assessment of market demand
3. Identifying multiple site locationsFood Access -
The lack of access to traditional banking and financial services often translates to barriers to wealth creation in marginalized communities. Our research uncovers market anomalies and continues to develop new ways to measure the use and presence of financial…
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Understanding retail spending patterns in a community is essential to a city’s economic development. Our retail analysis provides information for city planners, developers, CDCs and retailers as they develop a plan of action for a community’s retail…
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Developed in response to the ongoing foreclosure crisis, the Land Valuation tool provides the business intelligence to assess housing trends and real estate market velocities with the purpose of helping to prioritize local government intervention and…
Land Valuation
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Social Compact Is Moving!
On Thursday, September 15, Social Comapct is packing up its office and moving to a new location. We’re not going far, Just up the road a bit; our new address will be: 218 D Street, S.E. 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20003
Social Compact’s phone number will stay the same, and we anticipate a minimal disruption in our work.
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Announcing the Social Compact Investment Fund
Social Compact, Inc., a national non-profit organization, has created the Social Compact Investment Fund (SCIF) to support the development of supermarket-anchored retail projects in underserved marketplaces. These investments will bring new grocery stores into markets that the traditional, national supermarket and grocery store chains have long overlooked. The stores supported by SCIF investments will offer high-quality general merchandise, seasonal goods and everyday consumables at very competitive prices, in addition to USDA-inspected beef, pork and poultry, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Fill Out Your Census Forms!
April is almost here. It is a month for pouring rain, playing pranks, painting eggs, and paying taxes. But since this is a year ending in zero that means it’s also time for one more thing, filling out your Census.
It costs no money and takes a trifling amount of time, but it helps to determine how well represented your community is in government, how over $400 billion in federal funding…
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Social Compact Launches Exciting New Online Tool in Washington DC
Social Compact announced today the launch of its Washington, DC-based ‘CityDNA,’ a new easy-to-use web-based system that will serve as a one-stop-shop for visualizing and analyzing local market data. CityDNA aims to help local governments, investors and community groups understand and respond to the unique market characteristics of their communities.
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Cities must challenge U.S. Census count
Cities must challenge U.S. Census count
BY MANNY DIAZ
The recently released U.S. Census once again calls our attention to a persistent problem for cities like Miami.
An accurate census count represents more than just a full accounting of who lives in our cities, it is essential to ensuring our rightful political representation in Washington and our state capitals, as well as how much of our hard-earned tax dollars come back to our local communities.
Currently, census data is used to distribute funds for over 170 federal programs in a variety…
Healthy Food Access Report Released
Food Deserts Presentation
Citing Social Compact’s DrillDown reports, PolicyLink and The Food Trust release a comprehensive healthy food access report.
PolicyLink and The Food Trust are pleased today to release “The Grocery Gap: Who Has Access to Healthy Food and Why It Matters” –…
Study Finds 825,000 Adults In New York City Do Not Have Bank Or Credit Union Accounts
The New York Department of Consumer Affairs commissioned the Social Compact to provide analytical estimates of the banking patterns of New Yorkers. After receiving the Social Compacts report, the Department issued the following press release.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Kay Sarlin/Elizabeth Miller, (212) 487-4283
MORE THAN 825,000 ADULTS IN NEW YORK CITY DO NOT HAVE BANK OR CREDIT UNION ACCOUNTS ACCORDING TO NEW CITYWIDE STUDY
Commissioner Mintz Kicks Off Citywide Outreach Campaign to Enroll Unbanked New Yorkers into NYC SafeStart Bank Accounts
Department of Consumer…
Hearing on Census Data and Its Use In Federal Funding
On July 9, Social Compact director of external relations, Jamie Alderslade, submitted oral testimony to the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives. The Subcommittee held a hearing on “Census Data and Its Use in Federal Formula Funding.”
Alderslade, along with Mayor Carty Finkbeiner of Toledo, OH, Mayor Robert Bowser of East Orange, New Jersey, and, Arturo Vargas, Executive Director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, presented testimony…
