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.
Jason Silva shares preservation, sustainability and transportation initiatives, and his biggest challenge.
After historic flooding pummeled much of the town in 2016, White Sulphur Springs has been making a come back.
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An Atlanta start-up wants to refurbish shipping containers and install them at blighted properties with local utilities to create low-income housing.
Home building is way up, but could a labor shortage under President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration slow an industry already lagging well behind demand?
Maryland & West Virginia join Florida & Georgia and Mississippi & Tennessee in groundwater disputes that comprise an eastern U.S. water supply battleground.
New Markets Tax Credits will fund projects accountable to low-income communities nationwide and leverage $1.4 billion for non-metropolitan counties.
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Voters in 12 cities will consider housing affordability measures to finance the construction or expansion of affordable housing opportunities.
A Facebook session about the Seattle affordable housing plan with the mayor attracts questions about developer requirements, upzoning, displacement and more.
About 4,000 events nationwide mark Safe Routes to School’s 20th Walk to School Day. Grants are available for community walking and biking projects.
Planners and partners in Columbus, Ohio, have made Weinland Park a model for successfully managed gentrification that does not push low income residents out.
The developer is asking for a tax break to build a Bay City low income senior development on a vacant parking lot.
Mayor Ed Murray taps experienced public-relations manager that has good relationships with local advocates to be Seattle’s first homelessness czar.
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The Chicago Riverline project will revitalize a riverfront long treated as a backwater and add at least 3,600 units, but no low-income housing.
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