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.
The EMPG, an emergency preparedness and disaster planning grant, seeks to address critical risk areas of natural and man-made crises.
Mary Scott Nabers discusses Environmental Impact Bonds, resilience bonds, the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program and flood mitigation assistance with the need for disaster mitigation projects trending up.
The Florida Panhandle trees were expected to protect communities from hurricane. But powerful Hurricane Michael left a trail of destruction that may lead to stricter building codes.
If you live in a big city, you are more likely to catch flu but less likely to die of a heart attack or be diagnosed with diabetes
The authors point out, “Thus far, no one has called for an outright ban on ‘rough rides.’
This year, through mid-June, Metro officers shot three people, killing one. Even critics credit the decrease at least partly to new training
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
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- Md. city unions for FFs, EMS, dispatchers disappointed by 5%+ raises after cops get 19%
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- N.Y. county to supplement ambulance service