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.
Residents of these board-and-care facilities are some of the city’s most vulnerable, and many would likely wind up homeless if not for the around-the-clock care.
If it becomes law, the council’s legislation will impose a moratorium on evictions between Dec. 1 and March 1, with some exceptions.
According to former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, “investing in a supposedly smart future won’t overcome the failure to get the dumb technologies right.”
City officials are applying for more than $200,000 in state road resurfacing aid that they plan to put toward a controversial sidewalk project on Dwas Line Road - a move that the state says would not be allowed
Darnell Earley didn’t come up with the plan to channel corrosive river water into Flint’s old lead-lined water pipes, causing a health emergency. And he certainly can’t be blamed for the Detroit school system’s decaying facilities and wrecked finances, which have prompted teacher boycotts this month
Americans almost unanimously agree that their communities benefit from their local public parks, even if they themselves are not regular park users
For the second year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of New Jersey received a $600,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey to fund the Breathe Easier with Asthma Management Phase II program
Hundreds of Latin American and Caribbean cities are being invited to vie for millions of dollars from former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as his charity extends an innovation competition to a new region
The Children’s Literacy Foundation is inviting elementary schools in Vermont and New Hampshire to apply for $25,000 in Year of the Book grants
The city of Laredo Health Department receives a grant meant to combine comprehensive HIV/AIDS services with substance abuse and or behavioral health services
Ever since the full extent of the water crisis in the city of Flint, Michigan, emerged, one question has persisted: Would this have happened in a wealthier, whiter community?
The city’s parks are poised to receive additional money for security less than two weeks after a young woman reported being gang-raped by teenage boys in a playground
Six federal agencies joined together to announce the selection of 27 communities in 22 states that will participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative that helps communities increase economic opportunities for local farmers and related businesses, create vibrant places and promote childhood wellness by improving access to healthy local food
A federal appeals court will consider whether county commissioners in North Carolina violated the Constitution by delivering Christian prayers at their meetings and inviting audience members to join
The nation’s capital and its largest city both got walloped by the same near-record blizzard this weekend. But while Washington struggled to recover, New York City was mostly up and running on Monday
DOT actions revise existing guidance and clear administrative hurdles for new automotive technology
The mayor of West Virginia’s capital city has ordered a few dozen homeless people to leave a makeshift tent city along a Charleston riverbank
A $150,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice will go toward equipping supervisors, detectives and specialized units, such as the SWAT team, with the devices, interim Chief Allwyn Brown said
The awards, totaling $3 million in grant funding, will fund 16 economic development, planning, and housing development initiatives, across 13 communities
