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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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News Flash: Rural Places and People are Becoming Irrelevant
The other day Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, got into the headlines with a speech in which he said that rural America was “becoming less and less relevant.” Vilsack […]
Alcohol: Scourge of the Neighborhood or Revitalization Tool?
Community developers have had, and perhaps still have, a mixed relationship with businesses that serve alcohol. On the one hand, many have struggled to bring their neighborhoods back from a […]
Using City Government to Build Community Wealth
While the two major party presidential candidates have many differences, both agree on the primacy of free enterprise. Mitt Romney in his speech six weeks ago to the Clinton Global […]
Putting “Community” Back in “CRA”
The Community Reinvestment Act and regulators have been unable to hold banks accountable to distant and distinct local communities—so nonprofits have stepped in to do the heavy lifting.
Housing and Communities Built to Last?
Shaun Donovan is secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Outside of the limelight, the Obama administration has been quietly pursuing ambitious changes to better support healthy neighborhoods and regions. Will these programs be allowed to come to fruition?
Underneath the Surface, a Community Fish Story
Sometimes I learn about the details of a community's development in the most random ways. My family gets together every summer on Cape Cod, as do thousands of families from […]
Is 2012 the Year of the Business Co-op?
Last October in New York City, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon officially designated 2012 as the “International Year of the Cooperative.” This marks only the second time in […]
The Slow Building Movement
Standing at the northern gateway of Milwaukee’s Fifth Ward and the confluence of the Menomonee and Milwaukee Rivers is a highly-visible, vacant brick structure with all the signs of promise. […]
The Raw Extraction Economy
By now most people in urban America who pay attention to the news have heard of fracking, the practice of drilling into rock deep beneath the Earth’s surface in search […]
Reconnecting Shared Visions to Investment Opportunities
Recently, over two sizable cups of locally-roasted coffee, a colleague and I mulled over a simple question: “How can we continue to make our city more livable?” True, this is […]
What’s Next in Arts & Economic Development
There’s something you should know about me: I’m a professional amateur. For the past seven years I’ve been co-writing and performing in original works of musical theater with my wife’s […]
What’s Next in Arts & Economic Development
There’s something you should know about me: I’m a professional amateur. For the past seven years I’ve been co-writing and performing in original works of musical theater with my wife’s […]