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An Index for Quality of Life Timothy M. Bray The J. McDonald Williams Institute
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What is Wholeness? In a whole city, every neighborhood offers residents an equal quality of life. “Every neighborhood is a neighborhood of choice.” Disparity is the opposite of wholeness…
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Why Does Wholeness Matter? Economic Impact Social Justice
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What is the Wholeness Index™ Measures disparity, not performance Replicable annually and across cities Incorporates 12 quality-of-life indicators in 3 domains o Economic opportunity o Self-sufficiency o Civic engagement Computes wholeness on a scale of 1 to 100 for each indicator and all of them combined Makes data more useful by displaying them spatially
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2006 Wholeness Scores for Dallas
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2006 Wholeness Composite Maps
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SOME PRELIMINARY 2007 FINDINGS “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
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Crime
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Voter Turnout
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Graduation Rates
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Middle Class Housing
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What’s Next? ReplicationValidationBenchmarking
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TRANSLATING INFORMATION TO CHANGE “Challenging perspectives… Changing lives.”
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A “4 Front” Approach Real Change AcademiaGovernmentBusinessResidents
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A Venue for Change…
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For More Information… Timothy M. Bray (469)221-0700 (v) (469)221-0701 (f) www.thewilliamsinstitute.org tbray@thewilliamsinstitute.org
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