TUCSON — Southern Arizonans using MAP Dashboard’s data to improve their communities can enter the “Community Action Figure Awards Contest” and have a chance to win one of four $2,500 prizes. The MAP — Making Action Possible — Dashboard was...
The strong connection between educational attainment and earning potential has long been noted. The general rule is that more education leads to more income. Like a firm investing in better technology to increase productivity in the future, an individual’s investment...
Ever wonder what the health concerns are for Pima County residents? Or how Pima County stacks-up compared to other counties in the state? Wonder no more, Pima County has put together a comprehensive Health Needs Assessment Snapshot. According to the...
While there’s much to celebrate in the gastronomic world of Tucson lately, there’s also a lot of work to do and that doesn’t just mean giving money to your new favorite restaurant. After all, many of those pioneering autonomous organizations...
Increasingly, city and county leaders are developing regionally specific strategies and programs for alleviating poverty. As federal and state funding for antipoverty efforts continue to diminish, local stakeholders representing a broad set of municipal sectors are looking for ways to...
More than 1/3 of households in Pima County were housing cost burdened in 2013. When households are broken down by tenure (renter vs owner), renters on average are almost twice as likely to be housing cost burdened than owners. Housing...
