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.
A third of Los Angeles’s homeless population suffers from mental illness and/or drug addiction. Housing solutions will only go so far to provide relief.
As winter approaches, the city of Spokane considers suspending or not enforcing sit-lie ordinances that ban encampments in public places.
South Bend is enhancing community assets and safety through a $50 million parks redevelopment effort. Part of long-term planning on pedestrian safety enhancements, a city-owned bike repair shop supports bike commuting in the city’s West Side.
Sioux Falls is joining 200 other cities nationwide to make roadways safer for everyone through the USDOT’s challenge called, “Safer People, Safer Streets”
Most Americans say smoking in public places should be outlawed, while one in four say smoking should be illegal entirely
Cities are investing in wellness initiatives that focus on quality of life and healthy choices to keep local residents happy and productive in the community
The funds will be used to add four new firefighters to the department’s 46-member staff
The Neighborhood Notification Act directed the San Francisco 311 Customer Service Center to develop the city’s first centralized permit notification system and tool to inform citizens of major development projects happening in their neighborhood.
With the ID card, residents who were previously unable to open bank accounts will be able to do so, officials said
Report examining the history of transportation reform in six major cities finds that citizen-led efforts are necessary to achieve reform
It’s safer to walk and bike where more people walk and bike because that’s where drivers pay better attention
Students at Alphapointe technology camp are using tablets to learn things like how to read books, search the web, send emails and take notes
The EPA has never cited the health and safety of prisoners as a factor in prison inspections or in the permitting of new facilities
Illinois lawmakers advanced a plan Tuesday to direct almost $5 billion in federal funds to social service agencies
A study conducted in Oslo, Norway, discovered creating bicycle paths was not enough to get more residents to move around via bikes rather than cars
The study found a person’s perception that he or she lives in a bad neighborhood is associated with shorter telomeres
The decision means the kids won’t spent the summer in the county’s juvenile detention center where they have been housed for the past few weeks
in 2014, non-NYPD drivers were involved in 5,805 collisions resulting in 584 injuries - 49 crashes that injured pedestrians and 15 that injured bicyclists
Now many states are rethinking how to help felons become productive citizens and reduce the likelihood they will return to prison
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