Tag Archives: NENu
Jul-2011
In public policy, it seems that zones are all the rage. There are Enterprise Zones in which tax incentives to businesses encourage private investments to revive the local economy. There are Nuclear Free Zones where nuclear weapons are banned. (Berkeley, of course, has declared itself one. Sebastopol too.) And the great success of the Harlem [...]
Want to make your neighborhood a better place? First, you’ve got to know what assets the community has. As Project Manager of the NENu (“NEN University”) Polk Corridor Resiliency Project, Doris Padilla understands better than most this vital “asset-mapping” process. Doris talks with NENfm about treasure-hunting on the Polk Street Corridor. Episode Length: 22:42 Download [...]
Jul-2011
One line I often hear around town is San Francisco is a (fill in the blank) town. Some folks say we’re a tourist town, others say we’re a restaurant town. I think, however, that we’re really a college town. Think about it. In almost every part of our city there’s some form of major academic [...]