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Omaha's Neighborhood Housing Services Area: A Physical Conditions Inventory, R. K. Piper, Jack Ruff

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In the fall of 1981, the city of Omaha embarked upon a feasibility activity designed to determine whether enough interest and commitment existed to begin a Neighborhood Housing Services program. After many meetings and much group activity, a financial commitment was made by the city and the private sector to undertake a program which would provide housing rehabilitation loans as well as general public improvements in a designated area of Omaha,

Management And Maintenance Needs And Problems In The Omaha Housing Authority's Four Family Developments, Joan V. Holley

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Members of the Omaha Housing Authority Board of Commissioners asked the Center for Applied Urban Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (CAUR) to assist them in obtaining information about the maintenance and management needs and problems in local OHA facilities. This information was needed to improve efficiency and effectiveness of building services provided by OHA.

Demographics For Program Planning At Ymca Facilities: An Analysis Of Selected 1980 Census Data, David R. Dimartino

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The 1980 Census of Population and Housing provides a data base that administrators and planners can use to assess the current status of their organizations and plan for the future. This report examines selected census data for the Omaha YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association). 1 The demographic information should assist the YMCA in planning for program offerings at each of its six facilities (or branches) in Douglas and Pottawattamie Counties.

The University Of Nebraska At Omaha Economic Impact Study: 1980-81, Murray Frost, Rebecca S. Fahrlander

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The major findings of this study on the economic impact of the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1980-81 are the following:

1. The Total expenditure (excluding double counting) within the Omaha SMSA by the university, its faculty/staff, students, and visitors was $62.3 million.

2. The increase in the Omaha SMSA activity caused by the university was estimated as $56.1 million.

3. A total of $62.3 million of additional income attributable to alumni having college degrees was not included in these estimates of the university's economic impact.

Population Change And Crime Change, Deborah Caulfield

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The relationship existing between population change and crime rates in the central city merits study. There is limited research in this area, and the vast majority of the literature focuses on the correlation between population density and crime in the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA). These few studies explore various types of crime in relation to population density, rather than the investigation of the relationship between population change and crime rates in the central city.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1982, Vol. 10, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Crime in Grand Island and Hall County," by Deborah Caulfield, Kathleen Nicolini, Rebecca Fahrlander, and Vincent Webb.

Many community leaders continue to be concerned about the problems of crime and criminal justice. This study stems from the concerns of one such group of community leaders in Grand Island, Nebraska. In 1981 the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce established a task force on crime and the criminal justice system. In support of the efforts of this task force, a study was undertaken by the Center for Applied Urban Research for the purpose …

Data Processing And Information Management In The City Of Omaha, Nebraska: Analysis And Recommendations, Donald F. Norris

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The city of Omaha has an extensive and complex data processing system. It is so large, in fact, that no single person inside or out of city government is fully knowledgeable about it.

The system as it exists today cannot be described as an information management system as it is neither coordinated nor comprehensive. It consists instead of numerous components that have come together over time without the benefit of an overall plan or clear policy direction. The system is rarely viewed from a citywide perspective or from the perspective of providing information required by management for operational and planning …

Data Processing Analysis And Recommendations For The City Of Mccook, Nebraska, Donald F. Norris, David R. Dimartino

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This report is an analysis with recommendations regarding the data processing needs of the city of McCook, Nebraska. If was undertaken pursuant to an agreement dated February 22, 1982 between McCook and the Center for Applied Urban Research of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. It will provide city officials in McCook with a basis upon which to decide whether to expand and upgrade current automated data processing capabilities.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1982, Vol. 10, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "University Alumni: Their Involvement with UNO," by Rebecca S. Fahrlander.

This study was done in cooperation with the UNO Alumni Association for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the impact of UNO alumni on the University. This report analyzes data on the participation of alumni in various events, enrollment in courses, and utilization of campus facilities.

Crime In Grand Island, Nebraska, Genevieve Burch, Kathleen Nicolini

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This study examined data on crime and the criminal justice system in Grand Island and Hall County, Nebraska. It was designed to address some of the questions raised by a Grand Island Chamber of Commerce task force on crime and the criminal justice system.

This report is composed of three parts. The first part analyzes data on crime and juvenile delinquency, the second examines data on the criminal justice system, and the third section summarizes the results of a telephone survey of Grand Island area residents' perceptions of crime.

Study For The Kingswood Neighborhood Association: Community Needs, Problems And Resident Recommendations For The Work Of The Group, Joan V. Holley

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The Kingswood neighborhood is located between 132nd and 139th Streets from West Center Road to Spring Street. The officers of the neighborhood association stated that approximately 400 households are in this area. The community began as a speculative housing development in the mid-1960's. At that time the house prices ranged from $16,000 to $20,000. These houses now sell for $45,000 to $50 1 000.

Impact Of Alumni On The University Of Nebraska At Omaha, The, Rebecca S. Fahrlander

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This study was done in cooperation with the UNO Alumni Association for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the impact of UNO alumni on the University. This report analyzes data on the participation of alumni in various events, enrollment in courses, and utilization of campus facilities. These data were gathered by a telephone survey of 713 UNO alumni in Nebraska.

Patterns And Prospects Of Development In Downtown Kearney, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This report is the product of a three-phased study conducted by the Center for Applied Urban Research for the City of Kearney's Downtown Improvement Board, The goals ,of the study were to assess the development trends that have occurred within downtown Kearney during the recent past (Phase I -Changing Business Mix); to analyze the attitudes of businessmen and patrons toward the downtown area and its development (Phase II - Business Openings and Relocations, and Phase III - Survey of Downtown Kearney Market Area); and to examine future directions for development of the district (Policy Implications).

Administrative Planning Workshop Facilitator's Guide, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The Facilitator's Guide for the Administrative Planning Workshop is intended as a supplement for the participant's manual, Administrative Planning Workshop.

Caur Annual Report: 1981-82, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of Proposed Goodwill Industries Store Site In Council Bluffs, Rebecca S. Fahrlander

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This report examines several demographic characteristics of the area surrounding a proposed Goodwill Store site at 710 First Avenue in Council Bluffs, Iowa. For the purposes of this report, an area within a two mile radius from the site was examined. All census tracts falling partially or wholly within the two mile radius were included for analysis. The location of the proposed site is shown in Map 1. The data sources included the 1980 Census of Population and Housing, and the 1981 Omaha World Herald Consumer Preference Study.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1982, Vol. 10, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Finding Rental Housing Difficult for Parents," by Tim Himberger.

The nation's economic condition is having an enormous effect on one of its most important social structures, the American family. To retain this integral part of society, adequate housing must be available.

Administrative Planning Workshop, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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No abstract provided.

National Survey Of Cart-Based Automated And Semi-Automated Residential Refuse Collection Systems, Donald F. Norris

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In the fall of 1981, in conjunction with American City and County, the author undertook a detailed survey to determine the extent to which cart-based automated or semi-automated refuse collection operations are in use in the United States. An eighteen page questionnaire listing all suspected sites using cart-based systems in residential collection was sent to the known manufacturers and vendors of these systems for verification and completion.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Review of Trends in Pottawattamie County," Roger Corbin.

Pottawattamie County, Iowa (Map 1) has been unable to maintain the growth experienced during the decade from 1950 to 1960. The 1980 Census showed a count of 86,500, a loss of 491 or .6 percent from the 1970 Census. (See Table 1.)

Report To Goodwill Industries On Characteristics Of Proposed Store Site At 60th & Ames, David R. Dimartino

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The Center for Applied Urban Research compiled this brief report on behalf of Goodwill Industries, Inc. The report examines several demographic characteristics of the area surrounding a proposed Goodwill store site at 60th and Ames Streets in Omaha.

Crime In Bemis Park: A Victimization Survey, Genevieve Burch

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The Bemis Park Crime Survey was devised to give the residents of Bemis Park systematic information on the extent of crime and victimization in their neighborhood. The Bemis Park Neighborhood Association requested this survey, and the residents were active participants in it.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Broadening the Sales Tax Base in Nebraska," by H. Wade German and Mary D. Sianis.

With the demand for state and local government services increasing at a rate greater than most present tax structures can accommodate, either additional resources must be shifted from the private to the public sector, or public services must be adjusted within tax revenue expectations. The recent debates surrounding the extension of the additional one-half percent sales tax in Omaha and the continuing public pressure to minimize the burden of taxation highlight the basic problem that, at …

Businesswomen In Small Town Nebraska, Rebecca S. Fahrlander, David Sharon, Kathleen Sullivan

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Social and economic changes during the past two decades have contributed to a substantial increase in the number of women participating in the American work force. The women's movement, for example, has increased the social acceptability of married women working outside the home and has raised single and married women's professional expectations and opportunities. From an economic perspective, inflation has probably motivated more married women to seek employment, and, at least until the past few years, the American economy has been healthy enough to provide jobs for most of them.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 09, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Components of Change in Sarpy County," by Roger Corbin.

Demographic change in Sarpy County has been dramatic for the past several decades. From each period from 1950 through 1970 the county at least doubled in population. In 1980 however, with the 1970 base number of 66,200, the dramatic rate of gain of the previous decades simply could not be maintained. (See Table 1.) The recorded growth in the 1970's nevertheless was very significant with a gain of 19,815 or 29.9 percent, numerically larger than the 1950-1960 increase.

The Application Of A Screening Matrix For Industrial Development To Omaha, Nebraska, Michael Eskey, Vincent J. Webb, Peter Young

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The following is a summary of alternative attempts made to identify manufacturing industries which have the greatest potential for industrial development in the Omaha area. The methods utilized were similar to that used in the first report submitted to the Market Strategy Committee of the Economic Development Committee. Some major revisions were made on the previous report to produce comparative matrices utilizing additional criterion variables and differing levels of weighted importance placed on selected criterion variables.

Assessment Of The Primary Health Care Needs Of North And South Omaha, Genevieve Burch

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A difference in perspective exists between the major health service providers on one hand and other human service providers and community leaders in Omaha on the need for more primary health care services for low income and minority residents in two of the older sections of Omaha, the near north side and southeast side.

Analysis Of Community Input For Joslyn Museum's Long-Range Planning, Murray Frost

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The purpose of this study was to gain input from the community regarding Joslyn Museum's strengths, weaknesses, goals, and needs, for use in long-range planning.

Female Operated Businesses And Rural Development, Sharon Davis

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Today's economy demands a constant infusion of new enterprise, new ideals, and new jobs. Entrepreneurship plays a vital role in the development of the American economy, and women are rapidly being acknowledged as the next great group of entrepreneurs. Not only is the number of women entrepreneurs rising, but their operating styles are changing dramatically.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "An Analysis of the Omaha Apartment Market," by Donald A. Nielsen and John P. Zipay.

The housing construction industry has always been looked on as one of the key indicators of the American economy. When the economy was soaring, the housing industry often saw favorable conditions. In the past several years, however, it has not seen the best of times. New residential starts, both locally and nationally, appear to be headed for a 1981 total that falls far below the levels of only a few years ago.