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.
For Houston families who have endured floods, it’s hard to sustain traditions around furniture that isn’t there anymore or build traditions when there’s no guarantee your home will stay the way it is.
Cities are encouraging residents to walk and bike, but their roads are still dominated by fast-moving vehicular traffic
The city’s police chief calls the cameras in street lights ‘a game changer.’ Critics aren’t so sure, especially given that the program was introduced as a way to save energy and money instead of a way to collect data in public spaces.
The U.S. VA renewed a $250,000 transportation grant to the Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs to provide transportation options to rural veterans
Cities are launching initiatives aimed to address community health and safety issues from multiple angles and by providing increased access to key resources
To find solutions to state problems, California recently hosted a code-a-thon to bring together community stakeholders and inspire innovative thinking
A Colorado county that boasts the world’s largest outdoor marijuana farm has approved the world’s first marijuana-funded college scholarship
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
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