Planning
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When Disaster Strikes
- Aug 31, 2017
- A round-up of our disaster preparedness and recovery stories
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Mapping Tool Provides Data on Equity and Inclusion
- Jul 18, 2016
- Data and mapping tool helps users understand current demographics and the benefits of greater equity.
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Keeping Opportunity Inclusive in Washington, DC
- May 3, 2016
- As new park plan brings investment, DC LISC aims for equitable development
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Revitalization That Preserves Neighborhood Culture
- Feb 2, 2016
- Facing gentrification pressure, residents of Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo create a community-driven vision for the future
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Connecting Housing, Transportation + Education to Expand Opportunity: Living, Learning + Moving Together
- Dec 3, 2015
- Summary proceedings from a recent convening to discuss the importance and impact of consciously connecting housing, education and transportation
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Artists live here
- Melissa Jones, May 19, 2014
- By forging new connections with local artists, community developers can get more from planning and build a stronger, more lively community.
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Community Safety: Planning
- Carl Vogel, Nov 4, 2013
- In Cincinnati’s Walnut Hills neighborhood, a wide variety of stakeholders provided data and information to create a plan that is making the business district a safer place.
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Fighting climate change at the community level
- Carl Vogel, Dec 11, 2012
- Thanks to a program that provides a comprehensive perspective on green development, urban neighborhoods are giving a new look at saving the environment.
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Life after Sandy
- Dec 11, 2012
- More than half a dozen key LISC staff on the East Coast participated in a roundtable to discuss the effects of Hurricane Sandy and what it means for their cities and communities moving forward.
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Response teamwork
- Eileen Figel, Dec 11, 2012
- Five big ideas for how CDCs and other local organizations can play a key role in helping their communities recover from disaster.
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Sandy, climate change and community development
- Eileen Figel, Nov 5, 2012
- There are ways for local, neighborhood-based initiatives to join in the fight against global warming. In fact, some communities have already started.
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Planning for rural demographics
- John Niederman, Oct 21, 2012
- In Huntington, Indiana, a nonprofit is jumpstarting a conversation about how comprehensive community development can help reverse long-term population loss.
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One small town’s many changes
- Eileen Figel, Sep 17, 2012
- The residents of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania are finding ways to put their small town’s plan into action.
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Back from disaster
- Eileen Figel, Sep 10, 2012
- Recovery efforts work best when they’re strategic, broadly focused and targeted to the communities that need the most help.
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When policy comes from the neighborhood
- Dominique Williams, Jul 30, 2012
- A change in perspective came when the City asked for public health policy recommendations from Chicago community groups.
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Building on a legacy
- Carl Vogel, Jul 16, 2012
- Lessons in how to think about getting the most from America's "legacy cities" can be applied to neighborhoods as well.
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Parking lots and possibilities
- Carl Vogel, Jun 11, 2012
- A new book asks us to rethink the lowly parking lot, which brings up the question, what else can be a resource in rebuilding our neighborhoods?
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Make that plan official
- Eileen Figel, Apr 9, 2012
- When a community-led quality-of-life plan is formally adopted by the city, it gains power and influence.
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From isolation to collaboration
- By Beth Anne Hendrickson, Feb 13, 2012
- Kansas City's Chouteau Courts public housing complex and surrounding Paseo Gateway neighborhood have used the Choice Neighborhood program to expand their vision for change.
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Getting It Done II -- Building Strong Communities in a Changing World
- Jan 3, 2012
- More than 600 community representatives, policy makers, and researchers from across the country will meet in Chicago to discuss outstanding examples of comprehensive community development.
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A broader look at central city revitalization in Milwaukee
- Nov 16, 2011
- Milwaukee’s first Community Development Symposium, aimed at taking a broader look at central city revitalization, was held Oct. 28.
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Sharing a common purpose in Phoenix
- Aug 22, 2011
- A report from the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership highlights neighborhood revitalization efforts in Phoenix's Central City South.
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Saying 'I do' to a Philadelphia neighborhood
- By Jim Capraro, senior fellow, Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, Aug 1, 2011
- On June 28, a long effort resulted in the public unveiling of a quality-of-life plan for the Eastern North neighborhood of Philadelphia. Next step: implementation.
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Assessing the Fulton Hill commercial corridor
- By Bonnie Newman Davis, Jun 13, 2011
- Recently, consultants from LISC walked the Fulton Hill business corridor “to learn as much as possible about what the community is seeking."
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In Richmond, Va., the first steps to revive a once-vibrant business strip
- By Bonnie Newman Davis, Jun 13, 2011
- Residents in the Fulton Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Va., have taken the first steps to revive the community’s once-thriving retail corridor.
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