Digitizing Historical Publications: Enhancing the Official Electronic Collection of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (open access)

Digitizing Historical Publications: Enhancing the Official Electronic Collection of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

This report discusses a project for digitizing historical publications and making them available online. The authors' goal will be to develop a process that balances level of access with the cost of digitizing and making the data available on the Internet.
Date: April 1999
Creator: Hartman, Cathy Nelson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mercado de Fort Worth: Issues and Opportunities (open access)

Mercado de Fort Worth: Issues and Opportunities

This report presents the findings of a study by the University of North Texas Center for Economic Research and Development. The study is to provide property owners in Mercado de Fort Forth with information to aid their decision making for building renovations and business investment. The study reviews several mercado-style projects in other cities, provides information on business assistance resources in the Fort Worth area, looks at ongoing plans targeted to the surrounding community, and provides details regarding qualifications for "historic" designations.
Date: May 1999
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Economic Development and Research.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Post-impoundment Study of Ray Roberts Lake Year-Ten (open access)

Post-impoundment Study of Ray Roberts Lake Year-Ten

"This report is the final chapter of a long-term project to assess the environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of Ray Roberts Lake during its first ten years" (p. ii). The purpose of the study is "to improve understanding of the impact of [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers] water resource projects, to provide the basis for evaluating the projects' effects on fish and wildlife resources, and to provide the opportunity for better planning and development of water resource projects and natural resource management" in the Lake Ray Roberts area, located in Denton County, Texas (p. 3).
Date: December 1999
Creator: University of North Texas. Institute of Applied Sciences.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Initial Economic Impacts of the DART Light Rail Transit System (open access)

The Initial Economic Impacts of the DART Light Rail Transit System

This report discusses the initial economic impacts of the DART LRT system. After years of planning and building, DART rail became a reality in June of 1996. As part of the "Before and After Study," the University of North Texas Center for Economic Development and Research was retained to identify and measure the initial economic impacts of the LRT system, focusing primarily on property values and retail sales. This report presents the findings of the examination.
Date: July 1999
Creator: Weinstein, Bernard L. & Clower, Terry L.
System: The UNT Digital Library