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Harvard fellow urges data integration and coordinated code enforcement to speed revitalization
Summary
Rachel Fisher, a Harvard fellow working with the mayor—s office, presented findings from a 10-week fellowship and recommended integrating data systems, monthly interdepartmental coordination, and incentives to support maintenance and redevelopment.
Rachel Fisher, a Harvard University graduate-school fellow placed in the mayor—s office, presented a report to the Shreveport City Council on July 22 outlining findings and recommendations intended to speed property repairs, reduce blight and streamline code enforcement.
Fisher said her fellowship work focused on how the city—s property-standards and code-enforcement processes intersect with vacancy, adjudication and redevelopment. "Blight, as we know it, it's technically a legal term, but what I like to say and what I've heard a lot is you know it when you see it," she told the council, characterizing blight as persistent and often subjective.
Fisher said her team conducted 39 interviews with local…
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