Community Development

Outstanding Degree Projects on Community Development

2008

• Asset Management Challenges: A Quantitative Assessment of the Long-Term Financial Sustainability of Puget Sound's Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing Portfolio (582 KB PDF) Charlotte Gamble, 2008


• Initiative 200 Ten Years Later: The Impact of Anti-Affirmative Action Legislation on Public Agencies and Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in Washington State (Unavailable) Stephanie Lee, 2008


• After Initiative 200: Trends in Minority Undergraduate Admissions & Emerging Trends in Race-Neutral Programs to Attain Diversity (376 KB PDF) Linnea Nissa Limbach, 2008


• Creating Consensus in Northgate (3,940 KB PDF) Jennifer Thacker, 2008

2007

• Keeping Count: An Assessment of the Data on Washington's Latino-Owned Businesses (235 KB PDF) Nathalie Jones, 2007


• What's age got to do with it? Board Member Participation and the Bridge Training Program (197 KB PDF) 
Lynda E. Seyfert, 2007


• Jail Industries, Labor Unions, and Business: Competitive Realities in Washington State (295 KB PDF) Erin Campbell Henderson, 2007

2006

• Sustainable Travel for a Sustainable Seattle: Are the TDM Strategies and Programs Adopted by SDOT Achieving the Goals Established in the Comprehensive Plan? (645 KB PDF) Daniel Heldring, 2006


• The Color of Homelessness: Why Persons of Color Are Overrepresented Among Emergency Shleter and Transitional Housing Users in King County & What the Committee to End Homelessness in King County Can Do To Reduce This Problem (535 KB PDF)
 Sean Power, 2006

2005

• Microenterprise Development Services in Central South King County (337 KB PDF) Gretchen Kiefer, 2005


• Housing Segregation in Seattle (2,170 KB PDF) Kate Davis, 2005
  Betty Jane Narver Award for Best Degree Project for a Nonprofit or Public Agency


• Facilitating Employment for Skilled Immigrants in Central South King County (484 KB PDF) Vajra Allan, 2005


• Empowering a Diverse Community: Evaluating Training Options for BuRSST for Prosperity (184 KB PDF) Jennifer Gorbet, 2005

2004

• Employment Density in the Puget Sound Region (424 KB PDF)
 Erin Kapena Pflum, 2004


• Growing the United Way of King County Individual Development Account Program to Scale (787 KB PDF) 
Angela M. Johnson, 2004

2003

• Designing Loan Products for the Community: An Analysis of Community Development Lending Activities in Seattle and the Implications for the Rainier Valley Community Development Fund (483 KB PDF) Theresa Barreras, 2003


• Trip Reduction Strategies for Low-Income Households (604 KB PDF) 
Sunny D. Knott, 2003
  Betty Jane Narver Award for Best Degree Project for a Nonprofit or Public Agency


• A Changing Community: A Study of the Impacts of Gentrification and the Possibilities for Equitable Development in Seattle's Central District (461 KB PDF)
 Rebecca L. Andrews, 2003

2002

• Multifamily Housing and the Secondary Market: Opportunities for Financing Affordable Housing (209 KB PDF)
 Jennifer Brady Allison, 2002


• Revitalizing the South Wenatchee Business Community: Analysis and Recommendations for Remedy (1,619 KB PDF) Corey Houchins-Witt, 2002


• Neighborhood Business District Analysis: Pioneer Square Business Improvement Area, Seattle (863 KB PDF) Jolena Kraszka Presti, 2002

2001

• The State of Washington's Agricultural Housing Crisis: Towards More Feasible and Affordable Farmworker Housing (207 KB PDF) Laurie J. Oettinger, 2001


• The Race of Representation: Latino Underrepresentation in Economic Development Councils (unavailable) Margaret Talamantes, 2001


• Inclusionary Zoning: Can it be an Effective Tool for Providing Affordable Housing in Seattle? (846 KB PDF) Eric Sund, 2001