B9 Community Indicators Project: Assess Quality of Life

Monday, September 15, 2008 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM; Room 101B

How is your neighborhood doing? Is it better than last year? How can you tell? Many places use “indicators” to help answer those questions.

Indicators provide a common framework to measure and undersant how neighborhood conditions and overall quality of life are changing over time.  Indicator reports include common points of reference that make clear comparisons and facilitate goal-setting.  In many places, indicators are used as catalysts for making decisions strategically and cooperatively for long-term neighborhood improvement.

Moderator:

Kristine Egan, Senior G.I.S. Analyst, Planning and Community Development Department, City of San Antonio

Panelists:

Jeff D. Michael, Director, UNC Charlotte Urban Institute

Dr. Timothy Bray, PhD, Director, Dallas Indicators

Kathy Pettit, Deputy Director, National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership

Kathyrn L. S. Pettit is a research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute whose work forcuses on measuring and understanding neighborhood change.  She serves as the deputy director of the National Neighborhood Indivators Partnership, a collaborative effort by the Urban Institure and local partners to further the development and use of neighborhood-level information systems in local policymaking and community building.  She leads the Institute’s work on providing data and analytic content for DataPlace, a national website for small area housing and community development inicators.  Ms. Pettit also assists the national management and local teams of the Annie E. Casey’s Making Connections initiative.

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