The Urban Institute finds that Invest Newark programs provide essential benefits for the city of Newark, New Jersey, including boosting the local economy, supporting a more robust infrastructure, and improving small business growth.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Acknowledgments iv 3
- Executive Summary v 3
- Assessing the Impact of Invest Newarks Programs 1 3
- Appendix 24 3
- Notes 31 3
- References 32 3
- About the Authors 33 3
- Statement of Independence 34 3
- Acknowledgments 4
- Executive Summary 5
- Assessing the Impact of Invest Newarks Programs 7
- Background 7
- Homeownership 7
- Small Businesses 10
- Internet Access 11
- Programmatic Intervention 11
- Data 12
- Quantitative Data 12
- Qualitative Data 13
- Economic Literature 13
- Quantifying the Impacts of Invest Newark Programs 14
- Land Bank Programs 14
- Local Economic Impacts of the Land Bank Programs 17
- Grants and Lending Programs 18
- Local Economic Impacts of the Grants and Lending Programs 20
- Business Development Programs 21
- Local Economic Impacts of Business Development Programs 23
- Newark Fiber 24
- Local Economic Impacts of Newark Fiber 27
- Looking Forward 28
- Conclusion 29
- Appendix 30
- Land Bank 30
- Assumptions 30
- Key Results 31
- Grants and Lending 32
- Assumptions 32
- Key Results 33
- Business Development 33
- Assumptions 34
- Key Results 34
- Newark Fiber 35
- Assumptions 35
- Key Results 36
- Notes 37
- References 38
- About the Authors 39
- S I 40
