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Airport Boost to Economy Cited- Chattanooga Times Free Press 4/22/2008
The Community Research Council has released a study on the economic impact of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. The study, which was commissioned by the Airport Authority, found that the aiport generates more than $166 million in economic impact for the region. Read the full report here.
CRC Presents: The Chattanooga Food Desert Forum, Thursday, March 27, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
 
Please join us as we seek to learn more about the impact of food deserts on our community and how we can work to increase access to nutritious and affordable food in underserved neighborhoods. The Forum will be held at the Development Resource Center at 1250 Market Street. Click here to learn more.
To RSVP, please contact Lori Quillen, lquillen@researchcouncil.net or 425-5613.

Effective Policing about Relationships, Providence Chief Says - Chattanooga Times Free Press 1/31/2008

 

Providence, Rhode Island Police Chief, Col. Dean Esserman spoke to over sixty community leaders, UTC students and faculty on the role of community policing in reducing crime on Thursday, January 31st.  The talk was sponsored by the Community Research Council and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Political Science and Criminal Justice Departments.  

 




City Census Count Up in New Estimate - Chattanooga Times Free Press 11/7/2008


 "The  U.S. Census Bureau, which in June estimated that the city of Chattanooga had lost population since the 2000 census, agreed last week to revise its 2006 estimate upward by 13,103 residents to give Chattanooga a population boost instead of a loss since the 2000 census count."


 The City of Chattanooga was able to successfully challenge Census estimates based on recommendations and data from the Community Research Council.



CRC Announces the George T. Hunter Lecture Series


The Benwood Foundation, joined by partners from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and the Community Research Council (CRC), announced today that it will host a public lecture series focused on issues affecting the Chattanooga community. The George T. Hunter Lecture Series, named after the Benwood Foundation’s founder, will bring four of the nation’s leading experts to Chattanooga to speak on international relations, arts and education, the environment and community building.


These findings were released at the beginning of July in a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The study was conducted by Chattanooga`s Community Research Council, a non-profit policy and research center, that completed its report in May...


CRC Study Finds Many Former Recipients Rely on Hospitals for Care
The Community Research Council today released a report detailing a year long analysis of the impact of the 2005 changes in the TennCare program. Researchers found that in the first year after reforms were implemented in July 2005, changes had a considerable effect on disenrollees, TennCare recipients and providers in both social services and health care.

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Chattanooga`s Story told in Restoring Prosperity

The report identifies and describes older industrial cities that have faced tough economic times and population loss over the last four decades.


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A study released this week by the Community Research Council of Chattanooga concluded that very few of the uninsured in Hamilton County...









CRC Releases Primer on Hamilton County Uninsured




The Uninsured in Hamilton County, Tennessee is based on data collected in an April 2006 survey of Hamilton County Residents.




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chattanoogaCITIZEN summarized in 2006 City of Chattanooga Report




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The start of a new year is a good time to take stock of where we are as a community and where we want to go...

















At a press conference in front of the Hunter Museum of Art, the Community Research Council (CRC) released the first-ever State of Chattanooga Region Report (SOCRR), a 360 page analysis of crime, health, education and the economy in Hamilton County...













Community Research Council Study Finds Hamilton County Surpasses National College Attainment Rate for First Time Since 1970




In Closing the Gap: Rising Educational Attainment in Hamilton County, the Community Research Council analyzed U.S. Census and American Community Survey data for 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 2005. According to the 2005 American Community Survey, 27.6% of Hamilton County adults 25 years old and older have a college degree compared to 27.2% for the nation. Census data for 1970 – 2000 had shown Hamilton County lagging behind the national average.



 





























President and CEO, David Eichenthal, discusses preliminary findings of CRC TennCare Study with The Tennessean.












CRC Releases Murder in Midsize Cities





The new study by the Community Research Council focuses on recently reported national increases in violent crime and murder that are part of a five year, double digit increase in murder in midsize cities.  It finds that between 2000 and 2005, murder and non-negligent homicide in midsize cities increased by 22.2%.  The rate of increase was two and a half times the increase for the nation as a whole (8.5%) and more than fifty percent higher than that of large cities.














The Community Research Council announced today that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has provided it with an additional grant to look at not just local performance measurement, but performance measurement for a number of cities in the Southeast.















CRC today announced its third set of findings from the State of Chattanooga Region Report (SOCRR) survey on resident views on health and healthcare. In a phone survey of 1000 Hamilton County residents conducted during April 2006, when asked about health and quality of life in Hamilton County today, 86% of survey respondents indicated that “quality health care and hospitals” was very important to their quality of life in the Chattanooga Area – among fifteen factors, it ranked second overall.










CRC Releases the second briefing for its State of Chattanooga Region Report (SOCRR) Survey on Hamilton County Views on Resident Quality of Life
CRC today announced its second set of findings from the State of Chattanooga Region Report (SOCRR) survey on Hamilton County views on resident views on jobs and the economy. In a phone survey of 1000 Hamilton County residents conducted during April 2006, when asked about the employment situation in Hamilton County today, in terms of quality and availability, most respondents indicated that it was either fair or poor – 68% -- as opposed to excellent or good – 29%.










CRC Announces the First Findings from its State of Chattanooga Region Report (SOCRR) Survey on Hamilton County Views on Resident Quality of Life
In a phone survey of 1000 Hamilton County residents conducted during April 2006, 57% indicated that they were “very satisfied” with their life in the Chattanooga area: another 34% indicated that they were “somewhat satisfied. Survey respondents believe that quality of life is also very important to efforts to create and attract jobs in Hamilton County. 86% of respondents indicated that “good quality of life” was either one of the most important factors or very important to job recruitment efforts.










CRC President and CEO, David Eichenthal, talks to Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA)









Eichenthal discussed government and citizen perspectives on performance measurement at the GFOA centennial celebration and conference. Drawing from experience in Chattanooga local government and results from chattanoogaCITIZEN, Eichenthal addressed questions surrounding citizen engagement and "what counts" in government performance.




















RiverCity Company Releases Community Research Council Study on Downtown Migration
Growth in downtown neighborhoods, including North Chattanooga, are rising at a faster rate than countywide.





























chattanoogaCITIZEN finds City residents want more information on Police, Jobs, Housing and Neighborhood Issues; Community Research Council Study Details Steps to Improve Access to City Government via www.chattanooga.gov.



















In a series of speeches at the Chattanooga Rotary Club and Downtown Kiwanis Club and at a presentation at the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution, CRC President and CEO, David Eichenthal, outlined the findings of new research on what makes mid-size U.S. cities grow and what it may mean for Chattanooga’s future.
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