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.
Nicole Stewart is an at-large member of the Raleigh City Council. Like many parts of the country, the Triangle region of North Carolina is experiencing an increasingly worrisome shortage of affordable housing options for its diverse population. Stewart is working hard to help the city overcome this challenge.
The former mayor and Democratic presidential candidate described the initiative as a “plan for righting what I think are historic wrongs and creating opportunity and wealth in black communities.”
“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.”
With same-sex marriage now legal nationwide, lawmakers in numerous states are preparing for a new round of battles in 2016 over whether to grant discrimination protections to LGBT people or religious exemptions to nonprofits and businesses that object to gay marriage
California would spend more than $2 billion on permanent housing to help the nation’s largest homeless population. The housing bond would be enough to construct more than 10,000 housing units when it’s combined with other federal and local money
Proposed Missouri legislation announced would seek to reduce policing bias against blacks by expanding police reporting requirements beyond vehicle stops to include ones involving pedestrians
Bills aimed at helping protect bicyclists are a focus of the first public hearing of the year at the Massachusetts Statehouse before the Legislature’s Transportation Committee
For municipalities throughout the state, grant money is a helpful tool to offset the burden on taxpayers while providing services and amenities
America’s local and regional public park agencies generated nearly $140 billion in economic activity and supported almost 1 million jobs from their operations and capital spending alone in 2013
President Barack Obama defended his administration’s plans to tighten the nation’s gun-control restrictions without going through Congress, insisting that the steps he’ll announce fall within his legal authority and uphold the constitutional right to own a gun
An armed anti-government group took over a remote national wildlife refuge in Oregon as part of a decades-long fight over public lands in the West, while federal authorities are keeping watch but keeping their distance
Both parties agree that the country’s national parks and historic sites could use some sprucing up. Their shared goal is to use the centennial to improve trails, visitor centers, campgrounds and other park features that need maintenance work
A $622,000 federal grant was awarded to the Pima County Attorney’s Office to expand advocacy services to crime victims in outlying county municipal courts
HUD will award the Housing Authority of the City of Sacramento $2,700,000 in grant funding for the Jobs Plus Pilot program as part of a $100 million investment in locally-based programs aimed to increase earnings and advance employment outcomes for residents of public housing through work readiness programs, employer linkages, job placement, and financial literacy
The Pew Charitable Trusts released an analysis of Philadelphians that classifies residents based on how they feel about the city rather than where they show up in demographic categories
The University of New Hampshire is boosting efforts to prevent suicide and reduce the stigma around mental illness thanks to a $100,000 federal grant
It’s the fourth grant cycle for the program, called SHIP, and leaders in Winona County said the funding boost will continue ongoing work as well as new projects
The grant, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, provides Charlotte-Mecklenburg police with money for technology to monitor gangs
The VA has agreed to pay for the powered exoskeleton for eligible paralyzed veterans with spinal cord injuries - marking the first national coverage policy for robotic legs in the United States
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