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.
Volunteer opportunities between high school and college or college and a job are financially out of reach for many kids from rural areas. Meanwhile, volunteers from cities and suburbs tend to prefer urban or international postings.
L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg have called for California to enact a legal imperative to provide a roof for every homeless individual and family.
Opportunity zones offer tax incentives for those who choose to invest in distressed communities, but there is little oversight of how money is spent and the effect it has on communities
Topeka’s Neighborhood Relations Department picks low- to moderate-income neighborhoods to invest federal dollars for revitalization and assistance
The new initiative aims to provide fresh food to the region’s food deserts
The alliance offers the rural members multiple advantages. One of the most important is in purchasing
An initiative started in 2010 to help Minnesotans in nursing homes return home if they wish has just hit the milestone of helping to move 2,000 people
To reduce crime, build streets that invite people to walk on them at all hours of the day and night
The event, dubbed Beta City and set for Oct. 1, will allow attendees to have hands-on interaction with the region’s entrepreneurs
Three gun rights groups sued the city of Seattle over a tax on firearms and ammunition designed to help offset the financial toll of gun violence
Inmates can legally be required to work without pay, in some circumstances, but jail employees are not supposed to profit from their labor
Without valid driver’s licenses, many people may lose job opportunities and fall deeper into financial straits
Ferguson’s new municipal judge ordered changes in the city’s municipal court to restore confidence in the system and easing the burden on needy defendants
The company says commuters could use JPods to avoid rush-hour congestion and weather-related traffic problems
Many police officers feel their jobs have become more difficult over the past year
A company plans to use fracking technology on a small scale to help clean up groundwater pollution at its soybean extraction plant in Lincoln
The U.S. federal government has spent $14 billion on state and local community policing projects that have shown inconclusive results
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