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.
Between half and three-quarters of the developable land in much of the state is zoned for single-family housing, making denser growth off-limits there — aside from garage conversions or backyard units.
The new rule would redefine fair housing standards to place more emphasis on improving housing choice rather than reducing discrimination
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.
The Interbay encampment can hold 80 people; Ballard can accommodate 50.
As world leaders began talks in Paris on solutions to global warming, the National Park Service on Monday released a report detailing agency efforts to address threats to national parks from climate change
The program, which leverages citizen volunteers and GPS mobile app-based technology to reduce emergency response times for ambulatory calls, is expected to make Jersey City the fastest EMS response time in the country
Many cities are working to provide enough public transportation options for low- and middle-income communities to help alleviate the strains associated with the growing wealth gap
Prescott Area Shelter Services renovated a building to provide temporary housing for six homeless families thanks to a Community Development Block Grant
A new study examines bike-sharing trips in Austin, Denver, Fort Worth, and Houston, comparing and visualizing the type and volume of trips in the cities
The city’s public housing authority is moving aging tenants out of homes where they’ve lived for decades, renovating them and selling them to wealthy buyers
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office says he will create a Task Force on Police Accountability
A committee that spent months looking for ways to reduce Nebraska’s reliance on property taxes to pay for schools finished its final work session Monday with plenty of ideas but no clear-cut answers
Thriving farms are being uprooted thanks to hordes of people moving back downtown to live, which is turning green spaces into prime real estate
The city’s fire department received $2.4 million through the grant program which is provided to fire departments in need of personnel funding
In Raleigh, North Carolina, municipal government leaders want residents to know firefighting in the city is more advanced than it once was
The grant-funded partnership is designed to expose local students to careers in the public safety sector
Project Longevity is based on the theory of deterrence and requires cooperation among New Haven police, social services and community members
Plans to build a sprawling community for 17,000 athletes near downtown appeared to be in doubt and a search is underway for possible alternatives
Over the next 15 years, the city will create 15,000 supportive apartments paired with social services to help domestic abuse victims, veterans and drug addicts
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