Frankie Blackburn

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Frankie Blackburn is co-founder of Trusted Space Partners (TSP) based in North Carolina. TSP provides strategic guidance and support in the area of community change to a wide range of organizations and initiatives nationally. TSP is also in partnership with The National Initiative For Mixed Income Housing (NIMIC) based at Case Western Reserve University, providing technical assistance to public and private housing development and property management firms across the US.
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Community Development Field

Practical Ideas for Addressing Micro-Segregation in Mixed Income Communities

July 6, 2018 | Frankie Blackburn, Bill Traynor and Yerodin Avent

Practical lessons from long time community builders on promoting integration and interaction among residents of mixed income communities.

Housing

Let’s Get Rid of the Words “Property” and “Manager”

September 12, 2016 | Frankie Blackburn

One of my first jobs as a young housing professional in the 1980s at a local public housing authority was to support site staff, both property managers and social workers, […]