Cohousing-L Mailing List: Urban benchmarking

[John Gear (catalyst]

I've not seen this but it's a very interesting concept.  Caveat emptor but
if good probably worth a lot.


>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:24:16 -0500 (EST)
>From: 9 <cyyoakam [at] umich.edu>
>To: Housing <Housing_at_ASPENPO [at] smtpinet.aspensys.com>
>Subject: Inside "Urban Quality Indicators" newsletter (new)
>Message-ID:
<Pine.SOL.3.91.960319002100.27179T-100000 [at] centipede.rs.itd.umich.edu>
>
>Hi!
>
>Thought I would take you inside the 1st issue of "Urban
>Quality Indicators" (UQI), to give you a feel for this
>new newsletter  -  on various community benchmarking
>efforts around North America.
>
>Our "mini-feature" is about the benchmarking program
>in Jacksonville, FL - one of the pioneering efforts in
>this field.  Among the 75 indicators used by Jacksonville
>to gauge its progress are several in urban security and
>in education.  In the Critique Section, we take a look
>at the pros & cons of these indicators.
>
>Our "centerfold" is an 11 by 17 inch map of Detroit,
>containing people zones you rarely see on urban
>planning or tourist maps -  like where the homeless,
>street gangs, gay bars & residential areas, urban 
>homesteaders, and red-light districts are.  This is
>all part of urban quality, folks!
>
>Other good stuff:  the Lomax Congestion Index;  urban
>land use goals from Oregon Benchmarks; an urban
>Social Health Index, and much more.
>
>A subscription for 1 year (4 issues) is $21.75  (reg. $29), 
>and sample issue (12pp.), $3  (reg. $7.25).
>
>We will be glad to bill you with the 1st issue  --
>      and, should you NOT like it  -  we believe you will  -
>      just don't send us the money.  Fair enough?   The Detroit CC Map is 
>      easily worth your $3.
>
>Cy Yoakam, publisher
>
>Urban Quality Communications
>Suite 239, 1756 Plymouth Rd.
>Ann Arbor, MI 48105
>Phone/FAX 313-996-8610
>E-mail:  cyyoakam [at] umich.edu
>
>(1st issue mailout begins April 2)
>
>
John Gear (catalyst [at] pacifier.com)

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