At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from January 2022.
ABC News
Small towns in Georgia are appealing the 2020 Census numbers. There is a town that should have triple the amount of people, and others with half of their census blocks having incorrect housing units. What’s at stake here? Federal funding critical to keeping these towns alive.
‘Whoa, that’s not right’: Georgia towns lead census appeals – ABC News (go.com)
Placer.ai
It’s all over the news—people holding onto AMC and GameStop stock to drive the prices up. But is that translating to in store visits?
Placer Bytes: Office, Theatre Recovery and GameStop – Placer.ai
GIS Planning
It’s back to kindergarten for our friends in economic development. So why is sharing so important?
EDO lessons from kindergarten: The critical importance of sharing (gisplanning.com)
Carto
As the population ages, assisted living facilities will be in higher demand. Carto walks through best practices for site selection for these important facilities.
Assisted Living Facilities Site Selection for Elderly Care | CARTO Blog
Social Explorer
The team at Social Explorer produces many maps each month, but this one of trailer parks across the United States is interesting, especially as affordable housing becomes harder and harder to find. It will be interesting to see in the coming years if more Americans turn to trailer homes for their housing needs.
Trailer Park Cities Across the United States (socialexplorer.com)
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