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Economic activity is a crucial part of a healthy community, whether it’s access to quality jobs for residents, business support, or a functioning, diverse range of retail options.
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There’s a Community Oversight Fight Brewing in the Bronx
After organizing and giving input for decades, the community around the Kingsbridge Armory might actually see it redeveloped—and they want to continue to have a say in how it goes.
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Cape Cod’s Fish Pier Is Tourist Bait
Last year I wrote on Rooflines about a personal connection I had to the time when Cape Cod, that little peninsula in Massachusetts, was better known as a place to […]
Time to Bet on Prize-Linked Savings
During 15 years of working within a community development corporation to create and support socially and economically resilient communities, one of my perpetual frustrations was with the persistent presence of […]
It’s Our Race Relations, Not the Economy, that Need Healing
Last Thursday, I was listening to Bruce Katz on NPR talk about Detroit’s recent bankruptcy and the set of metropolitan-oriented strategies/practices that he thinks represents the way forward for the […]
Show Up and Be Heard for Rural America
As I was reading recently about China's effort to herd around 250 million farmers and their families from the countryside into cities, I was surprised to learn that the farmers […]
Reconnecting Jobs and Housing
National community development leaders discuss making the case for housing in a “jobs above all else” political environment.
Questioning the Core of Charlottesville’s Economy
What makes a local economy thrive, not just on the surface, but deep down? I found myself pondering this question as I listened last week to a panel of speakers […]
Evergreen Cooperatives Sows Sustainable Jobs with New Greenhouse
If my food shopping habits can in any way predict the success of the latest Evergreen Cooperatives initiative than they're in luck. Every year I eagerly await Farmers' Market season […]
Is Your Town a Parasite?
What would you do if someone told you your town, the place you'd grown up in and where you had connections, a place that had meaning to you, ought to […]
An Island Where There Is a Standard
Like so many of its counterparts across the country, Brick’s is more than just a barbershop in Albany, N.Y. It’s a haven in a troubled neighborhood.
Farming With Benefits
One of the many striking commercials that aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl was a celebration of the American farmer, although it was also a plug for a certain truck. The […]
The Dollar Stores Take Their Place on the Block
When I lived in the big city, there was a Family Dollar among the various retail, cafe, bar and restaurant establishments on the nearby commercial block. In another city I […]
Unlocking Community Development: The Anchor Key
Anchor institutions—a term used to describe public and nonprofit hospitals and universities—are today widely recognized for their role in community economic development. But they have the potential to do a […]