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.
What hurts the most, said Kellee Fernandez, sister to one of the victims, is knowing how much her brother had to offer to others
While implementing a smart city program is often easier said than done, overcoming these challenges will have your city on its way to hyperconnectivity in no time
To be truly effective, not to mention cost-effective, a prevention program would have to be able to identify that one person who will become homeless with reasonable accuracy. Researchers at UCLA’s California Policy Lab and the University of Chicago Poverty Lab are working to make this possible.
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
The city announced that it will use more than $1 million in grants from the Ruth Mott Foundation to help improve the quality of life for north Flint residents
Santa Monica has rolled out a bicycle sharing program offering 500 bikes for rent from dozens of locations in the beachside city
Hundreds of New York emergency responders simulated a coordinated terror attack days before The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The program develops digital approaches to delivering public services that improve access to health services, reduce incarceration and promote economic development
