Bridging the Gap Between
Space and Policy.
Tennessee Educational Funding and Policy (TNEFP) studies how historical policy inscribes spatial distancing, and how outcomes across school funding, property and taxation, employment, and health-care access play out along the geometry it leaves behind. The Spatial Echo is a framework, not a case study. It begins where the maps were drawn and follows the geometry wherever it propagates.
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Precision Analysis
We utilize the Spatial Echo framework to move beyond balance sheets and analyze the physical landscape of geographies.
Policy Advocacy
Our work provides elected officials and municipal leaders with the empirical evidence necessary for restorative fiscal reform.
Regional Resilience
Focusing on "receiver city" dynamics to ensure that rapid economic growth translates into equity for all residents.
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The Nashville Spatial Echo
Our ongoing study of the Nashville Metropolitan area reveals how economic booms in the urban core create "echoes" of displacement in peripheral municipalities like Clarksville and Murfreesboro.
TARGET AREAS: RECEIVER CITIES
36.5298° N | 87.3595° W
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