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.
“We have the power today to build and rebuild communities that have been left out and left behind for generations,” the mayor said. “And the power to do it in our areas where it’s needed the most.”
While they certainly need many things, homeless people especially need fresh socks to keep their feet warm and free from infections. And offering them socks is a shorthand way to indicate that you comprehend some of their experience, Nita Lelyveld explains.
A grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is a vital funding source for the San Diego Housing Commission’s Achievement Academy, a center that provides career planning, job skills, job placement and personal financial education.
More than 140,000 kids will have the opportunity to visit federal public lands and waters in the 2015-2016 school year, thanks to 186 grants from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks. These grants, part of the Foundation’s Open OutDoors for Kids program, support the White House youth initiative Every Kid in a Park
New York City’s pedicab drivers are angry over a proposal to ban the bike taxis from much of Central Park as part of a broader scheme to overhaul the park’s popular carriage horse rides
A deal to reduce the number of horse-drawn carriages in New York City and permanently move stables to Central Park will now go to the City Council for approval in a compromise between the drivers and Mayor Bill de Blasio, who had pledged to end the popular rides
The project was one of six funded after superstorm Sandy in New York and New Jersey as part of a resiliency competition called Rebuild by Design. The winners receive a total of $930 million from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The award will fund the Pathways to Employment initiative, a new partnership with the North Central and Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Boards and Adult Basic Education Coalitions that will focus on workers who lack basic skills in reading, math and communications that inhibit them from successfully completing occupational classroom training and sustaining employment
The grants help free up funds to enable the district to have a school police officer at each building, “without putting increased strain on your general fund”
Los Angeles landlords and tenants must equally share the costs of earthquake retrofitting, under a deal approved by the City Council
Six New England governors are urging Congress to expand the types of medical professionals who can prescribe the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine (Suboxone®) so Vermont and other states can better meet the needs of those who are addicted and seeking treatment
Regional park systems are responsible for almost $140 billion economic activity and approximately 1 million job.
The District’s Open Data push delivers on the Mayor’s commitment to utilize technology to innovate, increase transparency and improve accountability across government
The Scarborough Public Library has received a grant from Saco & Biddeford Savings Institution in the amount of $5,148 to fund two new early literacy stations
Wildlife advocates chided state government leaders in four Western states for trying to keep land out of a potential recovery zone for Mexican gray wolves, an endangered species.
As New York City grapples with a surge in homelessness, both the city and state governments have unveiled urgent measures to reach out to people living on the street and try to persuade them to move to shelters. Here are a few stories of homeless individuals in the Big Apple
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has asked President Barack Obama to issue an emergency and major disaster declaration amid a drinking water crisis in Flint that began months ago, and the state attorney general announced Friday that his office would investigate how the situation was handled
In an effort to draw more crowds to local and state parks, many agencies are launching campaigns to engage visitors using social media tools
The city of Flint, Michigan, is getting heavy state and national attention and much-needed assistance as it deals with a drinking water crisis that began after officials switched water source in 2014 while under state financial management, and the tap water became contaminated with lead
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