Community Development
Community Development is a key priority for local and state government agencies, focusing on improving the quality of life in communities through economic growth, housing, and social services. By fostering strong, vibrant communities, governments can address poverty, unemployment, and access to resources. This directory provides articles on community development and related topics like Economic Development, which explores strategies for job creation and attracting investments that drive regional growth.
The National League of Cities (NLC) is dedicated to helping city leaders build better communities. Working in partnership with the 49 state municipal leagues, NLC serves as a resource to and an advocate for the more than 19,000 cities, villages and towns it represents.
Grant funding empowers local governments to create and sustain age-friendly communities
What makes it difficult to guarantee communications access to local government operations – and what technologies are available to help?
New ‘smart city’ programs will leverage technology and education to benefit residents, businesses and entrepreneurs: smart transit systems, public Wi-Fi connectivity, skills and training, public safety infrastructure and safer neighborhoods.
While some plans have worked better than others, the city’s efforts are instructive for policymakers across the country who want to tackle their own homeless problems.
Massachusett’s Chapter 40R seeks to substantially increase the supply of housing and decrease its cost by increasing the amount of land zoned for dense housing.
State officials estimate Chico has added 20,000 people, boosting the population from 92,000 to more than 112,000. The city didn’t expect that number until at least 2030.
Mayor Carolyn Goodman called the law imperfect but necessary to deal with what officials and downtown business owners characterize as a homeless crisis.
“Rebuilding the Ridge” is a rallying cry on signs around town, evoking the beauty and peril of rebuilding on a wind-swept jut of land poking out of the Sierra Nevada and begging the question: Will the resurgent community be safer this time?
A new report from Public Services International points to the dangers of ‘corporate-led’ smart city initiatives and insists that these technological paradigms must be designed for people rather than profit.
The homeowner reimbursement program run by the Texas General Land Office reimburses homeowners up to $50,000 in out-of-pocket expenses to repair their Harvey-damaged homes, but there are a variety of regulations that determine eligibility.
Tacoma has five city-owned bridges that are “structurally deficient,” while 11 more are considered “functionally obsolete”
The mayor, who was raised by her grandmother in public housing, is striving to make a notoriously inequitable city into one where everyone has a shot at quality housing, great education and well-paying jobs.
In the case of disaster zones, municipal property taxes need to reflect the additional costs of public services like disaster relief that are often provided by state and federal authorities.
On Sunday, residents of Coffey Park, a neighborhood in Santa Rosa that was leveled in the Tubbs fire in 2017, received evacuation orders over the Kincade fire.
The modern crisis of homelessness began in the 1980s, when the cost of housing began to rise faster than wages for many Americans. Nationally, 11 million low-income households use at least half their income for housing. This was the case for Frost and her family.
The strategy, in other words, amounts to: Get out of nature’s way
Homeless people could first join the community in tents, eventually graduating to more permanent housing solutions on campus, while low-income families meeting certain requirements could rent or purchase homes on the property, even without a history of homelessness.
Amelda Glaspie and her husband paid $800 a month to live without water or power in an abandoned L.A. church.
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