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.
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.
An Emergency Medical Services official said the county could not rule out carbon monoxide in the recent deaths of two infants at the complex until autopsies are done.
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
The city’s fire department received $2.4 million through the grant program which is provided to fire departments in need of personnel funding
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
OBAG provides funding for qualifying transportation projects to reward local jurisdictions that plan for and produce housing
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
The project will seek to provide water utilities and local government officials with the information needed to maintain a level of quality and availability for drinking water that is consistent with regulatory and public health protection goals in cases of extreme climate events.
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
Some municipalities are using visual data solutions to address social concerns, others are improving internal operations and delivery of services
