BNIA – Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance | Cheryl Knott | Activity https://bniajfi.org/resources/learning-community/members/cknott/activity/ Activity feed for Cheryl Knott. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:24:10 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b9e9f0fc921bd6ebb59969bf2e9dcaca Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=11964 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:22:02 -0500 Click to Explore the map
The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute (BNIA-JFI) has created this tool to visualize COVID-19 cases by zip code alongside community indicators tracked in […]

]]> 0 b93144a2a446a4192ec7203e1c35aecd Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=7738 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:35:11 -0500 In September and October 2018, we hosted three roundtable conversations around potential new indicators to include in future editions of Vital Signs. The conversations focused on emerging ideas and data […]

]]> 0 a66df2298b702cae19643d10415e1390 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=6750 Wed, 16 May 2018 20:43:41 -0500 Earlier this month I traveled to Atlanta to the Spring meeting of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP). The partnership, led by the Urban Institute, brings together organizations that serve as […]

]]> 0 6b6ca15909f002aeab41ba0e995a95ee Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=6709 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:24:43 -0500 Vital Signs 16 Shows Beginnings of Change in Baltimore Neighborhoods, Especially in Housing
Vital Signs 16, a comprehensive statistical portrait of Baltimore and its neighborhoods, marks 16 years of continuous […]

]]> 0 1903adbac50177924a1119a5a29568c3 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=6192 Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:19:46 -0500 GIS Day
This week, on November 15th, the world celebrated GIS Day, a day to celebrate, network, and learn about Geographic Information Systems and geography. BNIA-JFI celebrated the day at The Johns Hopkins […]

]]> 0 79a6fc5bebca5e7b90f31eaabf5f1dc9 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=4910 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:06:58 -0500 On the Baltimore Data Day 2015, participants on and off-campus told us how they use the Vital Signs data that the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance releases every year. Baltimore Data Day is an education […]

]]> 0 ad0df54e0059009eef49aef256a9d3c6 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=4777 Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:12:38 -0500 Part of a Global Effort to Achieve Newly Adopted Sustainable Development Goals

November 6, 2015
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739

The University of Baltimore, its College of Public […]

]]> 0 6db486aefadb3c548196a4674f38f589 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=3246 Fri, 22 May 2015 14:55:22 -0500 The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute has released a series of reports—“Grow Baltimore: Who’s Moving, Where and Why”—which offers details about factors that influence population trends in the city. These efforts, plus those of Live Baltimore through its new Way To Stay website, featuring resources to assist families as they explore local education options, are part of a trend to encourage local residents to stay in Baltimore, and to welcome new families to the city.

In 2011, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced a goal to increase Baltimore’s population by 10,000 families by 2020, known as the Grow Baltimore Initiative. Although the city suffered six decades of population decline, today Baltimore shows encouraging signs of population growth. The Grow Baltimore Initiative aims to harness research, community input, and collaboration to amplify the elements of Baltimore life that attract residents and provide resources to support current residents for a lifetime.

The research conducted by Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance and Live Baltimore illustrated several key factors that drive individuals’ and families’ decisions to move to (“pull”) and from (“push”) Baltimore.

“Pull” Factors: Elements associated with Baltimore that attract residents to city living and encourage them to stay:

Growing Employment Sectors and Anchor Institutions
Location (i.e., proximity to Washington, D.C. and the mid-Atlantic region)
Sense of Place and Community Associated with Urban Living
Cultural and Economic Diversity
Growing Population of New Americans
Large Stock of Affordable Housing

“Push” Factors: Elements associated with Baltimore that dissuade residents from city living or cause them to consider relocating:

Public Safety (particularly property crime)
School Quality
Transportation Access and Connectivity
Government Customer Service
Taxes and “City-Living Premiums” (e.g., higher car insurance rates)
Housing Quality and Size (particularly relevant to growing families and middle-income retirees)

Follow media coverage and join in on discussion on Twitter, @bniajfi, #GrowBaltimore.
New Study Highlights An Increase Attraction To Charm City, CBS Baltimore
Why People Are Leaving (or Staying) In Baltimore, WYPR 88.1FM
Report examines why residents stay in and leave Baltimore, Baltimore Sun
Keeping millennials in Baltimore remains a challenge, Baltimore Business Journal
New Data: Baltimore, still hyper-segregated but (almost) growing, Community Architect Daily
Research for the report and development of the website were funded by the Goldseker Foundation.

]]> 0 b68a70885e3908d682c2a31eb8ddd7c2 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=2642 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:28:50 -0500 Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Grow Baltimore in December 2011 with the goal of increasing Baltimore City’s population by 10,000 new households by 2020. BNIA-JFI has prepared a 3-part series of briefs f […]

]]> 0 7cd270be932cd7acab213d10876d4b14 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=2627 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:56:43 -0500 The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute has been working with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to provide data analysis and evaluation services for the Byrne Criminal Justice […]

]]> 0 a265228740712af219b189e1ac1badb4 Cheryl Knott wrote a new post http://bniajfi.org/?p=2436 Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:09:48 -0500 “The Opportunity Collaborative releases Strong Communities, Strong Region”
The Opportunity Collaborative, January 2015
“The Baltimore region will gain economic strength by having communities that provide jobs f […]

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