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.
Chicago’s Neighborhood Opportunity Fund will help finance commercial and cultural small business projects in the city’s West, Southwest and South Sides
Among the diverse efforts to create enough affordable housing, state zoning proposals have become a hot topic.
Supporters of no zoning say it has helped boost Houston’s development and economic growth. But others say neighborhoods that are poorer or home to more racial minorities are disproportionately negatively affected by the lack of zoning.
A federal appeals court wrestled with whether local government leaders in North Carolina are violating the Constitution by holding exclusively Christian prayers at their meetings - the first time a court at that level has addressed the issue since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a town government’s favor in a similar case in 2014
Colorado regulators approved new rules intended to ease the conflicts that arise when oil and gas rigs show up near homes and schools, but they came under immediate fire from both the industry and its critics
Angered by teacher sick-outs that have caused many Detroit school closures, majority Republicans in Michigan’s Legislature proposed — and promised to quickly pass — legislation to make it easier to deem such work stoppages illegal strikes
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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