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.
Communities facing the loss of a school after a hurricane, earthquake or other disaster can increase school infrastructure resilience. Get a roadmap for stakeholders, tools and best practices.
Prepare for crisis response in three steps with crisis strategist Melissa Agnes. Learn how Mountain View Police and others built trust that carried them through the crisis
Cleveland is the latest city to call on James Corner, the landscape architect behind New York’s High Line, to revive an urban park
The web app provides real-time crime data using an interactive map available from both OPD and city websites
Section 8 was intended to help people escape poverty, but instead it’s trapping them in it.
To battle blight, both cities are using everything from legal action to giant posters and talking with neighbors.
Hawaii’s governor has signed a bill to make his state the first to raise the legal smoking age to 21
One of the largest toxic algae blooms seen off California has shut down recreational and commercial fishing along the West Coast
The Community Tables blueprint provides mayors and city executives with specific steps and tools to better address the critical issue of food insecurity
StreetEasy analysis shows minority groups in NYC struggle to access credit.
Municipalities are starting to take advantage of technology to communicate with citizens, especially during emergencies
Now gunshot tech is headed to the classroom with the hope it can get police to the scene of an active shooter in time to prevent a school massacre
Needle-sharing among addicts is the No. 1 risk factor in contracting hepatitis C and HIV
The plan will give New Yorkers “a more intimate” relationship with police officers by fixing cops in particular neighborhoods
Since the start of the year, the city’s homeless populations has dropped dramatically
$2.4 million in funding to expand construction training program to for infrastructure projects including rehabilitation of city’s public housing
The business of American recycling has stalled. And industry leaders warn that the situation is worse than it appears
Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (PRA) will create 1,000 new units of “workforce housing” to middle-income individuals and families
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