CENTER FOR APPLIED URBAN RESEARCH

CENTER FOR APPLIED URBAN RESEARCH (CAUR)

CAUR CONTINUES TO PRODUCE REGIONALLY RELEVANT ASSETS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

GREATER TACOMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CITIES OF FEDERAL WAY, MAPLE VALLEY, LAKEWOOD, SUMNER, TACOMA PIERCE COUNTY TALITHA CONSULTS CAUR is designed to serve as an urban analytics center focused on aggregating, archiving, visualizing, and the dissemination of analytics and reports. Data analytics produced by CAUR are in response to questions posed by UW Tacoma’s regional communities. The Center aims to provide resources through open data portals and reports.

As an example, the Center produced an affordable housing study for Pierce County. This document was used by Pierce County Executive and Mayors as they discussed a regional approach to dealing with the growing problem of housing unaffordability in the region. It is still frequently downloaded and cited throughout the community and is available on UW Tacoma’s Digital Commons. This year the Center has been working with cities in Pierce County to better understand and support the labor force in the area to better direct economic development. CAUR will continue to work to provide data and data analytics in support of planning, policymaking, activism, and economic development in partnerships with regional nonprofits, public agencies, educational systems, and other community members.

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