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.
Police yellow tape and makeshift memorials with flowers, stuffed animals and balloons have become common in some neighborhoods of this deeply segregated city.
State Farm, the largest in the state, Allstate and other insurers declined to renew roughly 350,000 policies in areas at high risk for wildfires since 2015, the California Department of Insurance said back in August.
Saturday’s fire was possibly the deadliest in the Las Vegas area since 1980, when 87 people died and more than 700 were injured in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel.
An ordinance that would have established nondiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people in Houston failed to win approval from voters
In LA social services experts are tracing a significant portion of the city’s homeless population back to jails, foster homes, hospitals and state prisons
A yearlong Associated Press investigation illuminated the problem of rape and sexual misconduct committed by law officers in the United States
Why such a big rise in shootings in Cleveland? Is gang activity up? Are Facebook and Twitter to blame? Poverty? Drugs? Or just a statistical aberration?
The $5.5 million will help small communities develop solutions to improve local air service needs under the Small Community Air Service Development Program
Cities trying to limit panhandling are facing a new legal hurdle due to a recent Supreme Court ruling that seemingly has nothing to do with asking for money
There is a sharp split among the states in terms of banning discrimination, with some enacting such protections and a majority opting not to
The Community Eligibility Program ensures universal access to healthy food for all children attending high-poverty schools
There are many strategies cities may deploy to prevent blight or to manage the abandoned lots left behind in the aftermath
Coastal communities from British Columbia to California have been grappling with how to protect people from a catastrophe similar to the tsunami in Japan
An AP examination of misconduct complaints against caretakers in New York found only a small percentage are prosecuted
Larger, threatening wildfires are occurring at greater rates as Texas faces drought, consistent development and changes in how the state’s land is used
Police in Anderson, California, are learning to use nunchucks. Officers say the martial arts weapon is useful for non-violently subduing unruly suspects
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Many people who complained a federal insurance program shortchanged them after Superstorm Sandy hit are getting some cash three years later
Northeasterners who are paying more for firewood this season can add a new scapegoat to the roster of usual market forces: fracking
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