Neighborhood Early Warning System (NEWS)
Report by Tanisha Anderson, Nellie Becker, Julie Darnton, Yong-Jun Shin
2004
The Data Center
(
New Orleans
)
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs ( Minneapolis-St. Paul )
(Inactive) The Providence Plan ( Providence )
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance ( Baltimore )
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs ( Minneapolis-St. Paul )
(Inactive) The Providence Plan ( Providence )
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance ( Baltimore )
The Michigan Land Use Leadership Council (MLULC) Report outlines the need for a Neighborhood Early Warning System as a means of controlling urban blight. The neighborhood early warning system is mentioned as part of the Recommendations section of Chapter 4 of the report (“Principles and Recommendations for Urban Revitalization”), recommendation #3 under the heading of “Public/Private Support for Livable Communities”
Michigan Land Use Leadership Council Report does not answer two very important questions: What is meant by blight? And what is a Neighborhood Early Warning System?