Tag: neighborhoods
Rebuilding After Trauma: Public Spaces in Cleveland
Traumatic events, and the ongoing traumas of vacancy and disinvestment, can be strongly associated with the places where they occurred. In Cleveland, several organizations are bringing new function and meaning to traumatized spaces.
D.C. Street Vendors Push Back Against Criminalization
Street vendors are banding together to push back against police harassment, keep access to their usual locations, fight for better working conditions, and create sustainable businesses.
What Is NIMBYism and How Do Affordable Housing Developers Respond to...
NIMBYism is often expressed as concerns about crime, congestion, schools, property values, and “quality of life.” But when developments are built these fears rarely come to pass.
Our World Revolved Around Our Block
From when I was 10 to when I was 16, my mother and I lived in a diverse working-class neighborhood of single-family attached brownstone...
Housing Investments Are Neighborhood Investments
Community developers must take on the broader challenge of using housing-based investments to prompt broader neighborhood-wide improvements.
Effective Community Development
The criteria used to define an "effective" community development organization may differ markedly from observer to observer. Many organizations gauge their success in largely...