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.
Gabby Alcantara-Anderson is one of about 25,600 unionized Disney workers making less than $15 an hour. And life in the world’s vacation kingdom is a calculus of choices: rent, food, medicine, a birthday gift for her child.
Surfside is pioneering what appears to be a first of its kind solution for residents in the decades to come: a fund for potential buyouts. The new Resilience Fund houses money from developers with an equal match from the town.
While Lucas led the City Council to pass historic ordinances to limit access to firearms for minors and domestic abusers, 2019 also brought near-record homicides -- 151 -- and more than 480 nonfatal shootings.
Funding of up to $40 million in funding will go to one mid-sized city that puts forward bold, data-driven ideas to improve lives by making transportation safer, easier, and more reliable
The divergent responses from the nation’s two biggest K-12 public school systems reflected what many in school security know: Deciding whether or not a threat is credible is hardly a mathematical process and the stakes in staying open or closing are high
The United States Supreme Court announced that it will not entertain a challenge to the City of Highland Park’s ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, thus allowing the 7th Circuit Court opinion supporting the ordinance to remain standing
The district’s bus drivers have three new signals: a palm tells students to wait, a thumbs-up tells them it’s safe to board, and pointing shows students which direction to walk towards the bus
She said damage to children caused by lead exposure is irreversible and that the city will need to spend more on special education and mental health services as a result
The Democratic governor said state officials are working with the federal government to get access to the lists
Several communities are exploring active transportation plans that encourage walking, cycling and public transit in an effort to reduce emissions and congestion while boosting public health
When it costs more to smoke, fewer babies die, according to a new study that links rising cigarette taxes with declines in infant mortality, especially among blacks
Uranium, the stuff of nuclear fuel for power plants and atom bombs, increasingly is showing in drinking water systems in major farming regions of the U.S. West - a naturally occurring but unexpected byproduct of irrigation, of drought, and of the overpumping of natural underground water reserves
Cleveland has joined several other Ohio cities that have outlawed the sale of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to people under age 21
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has presented a new draft of a global climate accord showing governments have made progress on some crunch issues but still disagree on others
Some of the key factors that helped Japan’s big cleanup could offer hope for China, India and other countries facing severe environmental crisis
In an effort to prevent crime, the Hagerstown Police Department is creating a new squad that would bring a more “holistic approach” to policing
College Kids provides every kindergartner enrolled in a city public or charter school with a $50 college savings account
Many cities and states are struggling to find a feasible process for collecting, sorting and recycling waste materials. In fact, many recyclable items wind up in landfills due to lack of resources or infrastructure
Local, state and federal officials announced the start of a partner project to “mitigate” impact to neighborhoods using federal funding
