Carol Steinbach
Built to Last: Managing CDCs
For most community development corporations, internal management understandably takes a back seat to activities that stimulate community revitalization. But across the CDC field, there’s...
The Leadership Challenge
Managing a community development corporation (CDC) has never been easy. It's even harder today. Competition for resources has intensified. And keeping talented staff is...
After the Fall
Is community development simply becoming a trickier and more competitive business? CDCs once had free run of the landscape of distressed communities. Today, competition to redevelop in these communities is intensifying.
Dennis West on ECI’s Rise and Fall
Did Eastside Community Investment push the envelope too far?
We did a whole lot of things right for a long time. In spite of what...