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MPIP Work On Subrime Mortgages and Foreclosures Featured in Urban Institute's MetroTrends Report
The Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project's David Bartelt, authored a report on the current impact of subprime mortgages and foreclosure rates both within the Philadelphia region and across other major metropolitan areas.
The report can be accessed on the Urban Institute's MetroTrends website: A 'report card and toolkit for researchers, students, journalists, elected officials and the public on the state of metropolitan economies.'
MPIP Weighs in On the State Budget and Population Change
Recent stories in the Philadelphia Press featured comments from MPIP principal investigators. The Philadelphia Weekly spoke with David Elesh about the PA budget in relation to economic concerns for the region, and The Philadelphia Inquirer spoke with David Bartelt about Philadelphia's slight upturn in population revealed by the 2010 Census.
New Grant Creates Center for Public Interest Journalism at Temple's School of Communications and Theater
MPIP is working with Temple's School of Communications and Theater in their initiative to promote public affairs journalism; a project supported by the William Penn Foundation. Click here to read more, or read about it on page three of the March 18th edition of Temple Times.
Working with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Technically Philly recently featured MPIP's work with the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Click here to view the story.
The Temple Times featured MPIP's work with GPCA on page 3 of its March 18, 2011 issue.