Jeanine D. Petterson (Jeanine D. Stevens, MRP '92) new mitigation division director for
FEMA Region VIII, effective December 12, 2004.

During the past five years, Jeanine has served as the Regional Emergency Analyst for FEMA Region VIII,
gaining broad experience in emergency management and FEMA programs, and providing instrumental
leadership on a variety of important initiatives, including: the Region's comprehensive, multi-year strategic
planning activities; priority regional policy issues related to tribal relations, school safety, and the Devils
Lake Basin; and, human capital improvement efforts, such as the Region's health & wellness and professional
development initiatives.  Since March of 2004, Jeanine has also served as manager of the Region's Public
Affairs, Congressional and Community Relations cadres.

Previously, Jeanine accumulated extensive professional experience in floodplain management and natural hazard
mitigation through varied professional positions.  Jeanine began her FEMA career in 1992 as a Hazard Mitigation
Program Specialist in FEMA Region IV.  Jeanine subsequently served as coastal hazard mitigation coordinator for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and as a program manager for the Natural Hazards
Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, before returning to FEMA in 1999 to Region VIII's Mitigation Division.

Jeanine has a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and has earned two Master's Degrees, one in Public
Administration from Florida Atlantic University, and one in Regional Planning from DCRP (MRP '92).   Jeanine is
a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Association of State Floodplain Managers.

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He puts people in affordable urban housing Gregg Warren leads DHIC, which has built more than 1,000 affordable housing units The News & Observer By Richard Stradling Photo by Mel Nathanson In some ways, Gregg Warren (MRP '74) is a typical developer.   He keeps his eyes open for vacant land and complains about development fees.  He looks at home in a hard hat, standing on a balcony at his latest project, an apartment building in Cary, showing visitors where condos and townhouses will come next.   "See all those beautiful trees?" Warren asks, pointing to a wall of green on the edge of the site.  "Well, those need to come down." Warren jokes about playing the evil developer role, but the truth is many people think of him as a do-gooder.  For 19 years he has headed DHIC Inc., a nonprofit organization that has built more than 1,000 homes and apartments for low-income families and senior citizens and has hundreds more in the works.  “He's really a pace-setter," says Lanier Blum, a housing planner for the Self-Help Credit Union in Durham.  "DHIC has been incredibly productive over the years and has done such a variety of developments in Raleigh and the surrounding area.  They've been the first to try a lot of things in the field, so they're really leaders." ...read more

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Homeless Shelter Still "Homeless" - looking for a place to relocate away from downtown Chapel Hill
by Lydia Garlikov
Carolina Week

With the opening of Club Nova’s Section VIII housing in Carrboro, area homeless people have a new apartment
building to call home.  The 24 units became available Wednesday morning.  At the same time, Chapel Hill is
wrestling with homeless issues of its own, trying to figure out where to relocate the Inter-Faith Council's men's
shelter.  Town officials are looking at three possible locations for the IFC shelter, including sites on Merritt Mill,
Legion and Eubanks Roads.  Merritt Mill residents have made it clear they don’t want a homeless shelter in
their neighborhood.

DCRP professor Roberto Quercia says no site will be ideal for everyone involved.  "The answer is ultimately a
matter of interest and politics,” Quercia says.  “It’s trying to bring all these parties who seem to be disagreeing
about what the location should be together and trying to work out a compromise."

IFC director Chris Moran sees a lot of merit in the Legion Road site.  It’s on a bus line which helps residents get
to their jobs, and it’s also near shops and grocery stores.  Both are elements that help the homeless re-establish
themselves.

Moran doesn’t like the Eubanks Road proposal, and a drive down the road shows why.  Outside of an Orange County
landfill and a Chapel Hill park-and-ride lot, there’s almost nothing there.  Quercia says it’s imperative to keep the
shelter near the town—close to jobs, people and services.

"I think, to some extent, many of the proponents of the Eubanks site see it as appealing because it’s out in the
middle of nowhere,” Quercia says, “but it might not be the best for the residents one is trying to serve."

The shelter won't be a facility where people can come and go at will. They must earn the privilege of moving in and,
eventually, moving out on their own.  IFC officials are open to any locations the community recommends, as long as
they meet the needs of the shelter.  They hope to find a suitable site as soon as possible.


Carolina Week  is a newscast produced by students of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Doctoral Student Aurélie Brunie receives hazard fellowship
The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Public Entity Risk Institute
with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have awarded Aurélie Brunie a dissertation fellowship.

As a relatively small subset of many different disciplines, the interdisciplinary hazards field relies to an unusual
extent on a continuous influx of young scholars committed simultaneously to their own disciplines and to the
more practical, applied aspects of the field.  Via financial support, this program encourages student’s to become
part of the ongoing development of scholars in the disciplines that underlie the field of hazards, risk, and disasters.

The dissertations produced by this fellowship will contribute to the body of knowledge in hazards research and
ultimately foster the development of hazards scholars.  Funding from the NSF goes toward supporting work in
all aspects of natural and human-made hazards.  Philip Berke serves as Brunie’s doctoral advisor.

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Doctoral Student Lisa Bates receives HUD dissertation award
The Office of University Partnerships has announced the 2004 Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program grantees.
Recognizing the crucial role that America's institutions of higher education can play in rebuilding communities large and
small, HUD established the Office of University Partnerships in 1994 to encourage and expand the efforts of institutions
of higher education that are striving to make a difference in their communities through funding opportunities.

Bates’ dissertation is titled “Neighborhood Triage as a Planning Strategy: Evaluating Impacts Throughout Urban Areas” and
focuses on neighborhood-based revitalization as a key component of urban policy.  Bates proposes that planners have a
number of policy tools at their disposal for neighborhood-based interventions.  However, limited resources may require planners
to “triage”, targeting some neighborhoods for revitalization while only providing limited assistance to others.  Bates notes that
triage advocates claim it is the most efficient and effective use of limited resources, yet she contends that it is not clear that
this strategy maximizes positive results or stabilizes the overall community.

This year HUD awarded over $500,000 to twenty four scholars.  These grants provide HUD with valuable information on housing
and urban development issues.  Roberto Quercia serves as Bates’ doctoral advisor.

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		FEMA awards DCRP student Julie Stein community planning fellowship This past summer Julie Stein (MRP ’05) began her fellowship at FEMA’s Mitigation Division and the EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds in Washington DC. Julie's research while at FEMA and EPA focused on how communities address floodplain management and watershed protection at the regional scale.  During her second year at DCRP, Julie is integrating her research
on the topic with her Masters Project, which will identify a spectrum of regional institutional approaches toward flood hazard mitigation.  Specifically, she hopes to move hazard mitigation beyond "coordinated planning processes" between different jurisdictions toward a watershed planning approach to: improve local land use and water resources management; take advantage of federal/state programs; and ensure a clear line of authority during hazard mitigation planning and implementation.  The study communities are located in the Tar River Basin of North Carolina.  Julie will present her final paper at the 2005 Natural Hazards Workshop in Boulder, Colorado.

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Crying Wolf  Wins student paper award Lindy Nelson, MPR candidate ’05, won the NC APA Student Paper Competition (including a $500 check) in Asheville. Lindy's paper titled "Crying Wolf: An Examination of the Proposed Crandon Mine at the Headwaters of the Wolf River, Wisconsin" was a term paper for his Spring 2004 PLAN 254 Development Dispute Resolution class. Lindy's presentation and paper was the first Student Paper Award given out by NC-APA.

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		Yield to Heels’ on UNC campus highlights pedestrian safety awareness Student volunteers, public safety officials, Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) staff, and DCRP students gathered at several crosswalks throughout the campus on October 7th, to recognize Yield to Heels Day. “While the total number of pedestrian deaths in the United States has decreased dramatically in the past 20 years, they still account for 11 percent of motor vehicle deaths,” said Doug Robertson, director of the Highway Safety Research Center at UNC.  “Our goal is to give pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers the information to make safe decisions when traveling both on and off campus.” The "Yield to Heels" campaign strives to clear up myths about pedestrian safety. The campaign focuses on three messages for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists: Be aware, Be considerate, Be safe.  "In addition to making motorists aware of the right of pedestrians," said Chris Ziemann (MRP '06).  "The Yield to Heels event this year reminded students that they also have a responsibility for safety on campus." The Highway Safety Research Center conducts interdisciplinary research aimed at reducing deaths, injuries and related societal costs of roadway crashes.  Research examines motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian crashes, taking into account human, vehicular, roadway and environmental factors.   For additional information on the center, visit www.hsrc.unc.edu.
Thank you to the following DCRP students for being involved:   Tab Combs Leigh Ann McDonald Justin Sabrsula Emily Snyder Nancy Xenelis Chris Ziemann

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CPJ is on the move!
The editors at the Carolina Planning Journal are pleased to announce that the forthcoming issue will feature articles on
innovations in transportation planning.   From bike/ped to the highways, from local to multi-state, this issue explores how
a variety of modes of transportation are making headlines in North Carolina and the Southeast.  Look for your copy in the
beginning of 2005.  Subscription information is available at http://www.planning.unc.edu/pdf/2003.subscripform.pdf

A few good authors
We are currently accepting submissions for the Spring/Summer issue of Carolina Planning.  The featured topic is Green
Building Across the Planning Field.  From design to hazard mitigation to affordable housing, share your expertise with green
building with the Carolina planning community. 

For submission specifications please see http://www.planning.unc.edu/carplan/cfp.htm