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.
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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
Illinois lawmakers advanced a plan Tuesday to direct almost $5 billion in federal funds to social service agencies
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Students at Alphapointe technology camp are using tablets to learn things like how to read books, search the web, send emails and take notes
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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
A new study identifies two important street features that draw pedestrians—outside of New York City
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