Staff from the Planning Healthy Communities Initiative will conducted a desktop Health Impact Assessment of the New Brunswick Municipal Public Access Plan. The HIA examined the projected impacts of the plan elements on aspects of local public health including recreational opportunity, public safety, social cohesion and local economic development. The study largely focused on existing literature and secondary sources as its data sources, and also incorporated new primary data obtained through a 2016 public survey administered as part of the Public Access Plan development. The final report is available here.
Mian: Affordable housing in God’s backyard
Affordable housing in God’s backyard: Some religious congregations find a new use for their space By Nadia Mian, Ph.D., Senior Program Director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement Faced with declining membership, aging buildings and large, underutilized...