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.
Community land trusts separate ownership of structures and the land beneath it — residents purchase the home while the land trust owns the land and leases it back for a monthly fee
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.
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
LA’s Futurethon was a 48-hour hackathon aimed at inventing solutions to hack the California drought
Accidental drowning is the second leading cause of death for U.S. children under age 5, after birth defects
For those who manage to remain out of prison, they do so with little money and few prospects
London has launched a program to solve future city challenges through the development of human-centered solution designs
“What changes occurred - intentionally or not - that measurably improved the lives of the neighborhood’s existing residents?”
An ugly byproduct of the recent turmoil has been a newfound willingness to do harm to those in uniform, many police officers say
The city wants to steer mixed-income development to all its neighborhoods with clever tax incentives
Ending years of litigation, hunger strikes and contentious debate, California has agreed to move thousands of prison inmates out of solitary confinement
The grants will test incentive strategies to help SNAP participants better afford fruits and vegetables
San Francisco firefighters are answering a lot of emergency calls, but a very small fraction of them are for fires
Central Park through the Conservancy maintains a robust social media presence — pushing out different types of content depending on the platform
Texas Tribune analysis shows schools still are grappling with the fallout from the lean budget times even as the Legislature restored a majority of the cuts
