PLACE-BASED WASTE? | The Harlem Children’s Zone Revisited (Brookings, 7/28) – Brookings takes issue with the “use of the HCZ as evidence that investments in wraparound support services and neighborhood improvements are a cost effective approach to increasing academic achievement.” Geoffrey Canada pushed back against Brookings’ original report.
MENTAL HEALTH | Commentary by Terri Freeman, president of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (WAMU, 7/30) – “[T]he “new poor” have been showing up at community health clinics, many without health insurance and many in need of mental health services. Non-profits have been reporting alarming trends…”
ARTS | Will the Washington National Opera merge with the Kennedy Center? (WaPo, 7/30) – Opera president: “all options are on the table.”
> Related: Measuring the Health of Arts and Culture (WGDaily, Feb. 2010)
YOUTH | Bank of America’s weeklong Student Leadership Summit just wrapped up in DC. “230 civic-minded high school juniors and seniors” … inspires students “to continue serving their communities and effect a lifetime of positive change.”
LENDING | Bank of America Commits $10M in Small-Business Grants (WSJ, 7/29)
THE DMV? | “A nickname has recently emerged that could put the Washington area on the regional nickname map: the DMV. As in, D for the District, M for Maryland, and V for Virginia.” (WaPo, 7/30)
TGIF, DMV! Hope your weekend is A-OK.
- Nick
