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.
Managing a growing population and new development has never been easy for state and local leaders. But recent national trends may be making the task more difficult.
Despite catastrophically dangerous conditions in the Allen Benedict Court public housing complex, which led to the deaths of two residents earlier this year, Columbia Housing Authority will not face charges.
If there’s one thing city and public schools officials agree on, it’s that change that will help food insecure residents in Fort Smith will have to come from the top
Cities are fighting homelessness through multi-pronged approaches that aim to reduce the incidence rate by addressing the underlying causes
One expert argues permanent housing is the best way to solve homelessness in NYC in the long term, rather than provide emergency assistance
The lot shut down about eight years ago because of a sinkhole under one of the playgrounds, and has remained empty, gathering trash, ever since
The America Walks micro grant program aims to accelerate implementation of effective strategies to promote walking and create safe, walkable places.
The Salt Project’s Lusail aims to be the first self-sufficient salt town with organic infrastructures and regenerating greenhouses to grow native vegetation
The group’s report calls for police departments and municipal courts to be merged and other changes
Cities are experimenting with different laws and initiatives to mitigate traffic-related injuries and fatalities
A new health center offers residents primary care and social services, as well as access to healthy food and eating tips
The latest walkability scores for U.S. cities revealed which metropolitan areas offer the most non-vehicular transit options for pedestrians
Major felony crime was down 4% during the first eight months of the year, compared with the same period in 2014
The Call to Action aims to increase walking across the U.S. by improving access to safe and convenient places to walk for people of all ages and abilities
Nationwide, the number of students walking and biking to school has steadily declined, from 41 percent in 1969 to 13 percent in 2001
Despite signs of stress — leaves turning brown after four hot and dry years — most of the sequoias seem to be holding up
The city is training non-professionals to provide mental health help to people who work with parents of small children, the unemployed poor and young people
A project pouring nearly $13 million into a three-quarter-mile stretch of North Avenue aims to lure investment to the downtrodden corridor
Detroit has unveiled a 2-year pilot program designed to train high school students as firefighters and EMTs by the time they graduate
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