Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

At the height of the foreclosure crisis post-2008, a group of elected officials, community development practitioners, and lawyers came together to craft a strategy to respond to the hemorrhaging real estate market in Ohio. From 2000 to 2001, the number of mortgage foreclosures in Cuyahoga County went from 5,900 to almost 7,000.

Legislation 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2022

In " Back to School #3: College " (2016) I mention a number of elements (slightly edited): -- In most communities, colleges and universities are major property owners, and even developers (" Project Rehab, University City District, Philadelphia: Best Practice Neighborhood Stabilization Program ," " What do universities owe abutting communities?

Education 52

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 1, 2024

Equitable development plan. The student asked me about the equitable development plan , which I wasn't involved in developing It has a bunch of points. First is workforce development. Who wants to hang out by a freeway? A big concern about the park concept is that it will spur displacement and gentrification.

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Parks And Recreation Education Development Economic Development 52

AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Suicide rates among veterans continued to climb from 2001 to 2018 before dipping back for 2019 and 2020. Stop Soldier Suicide (SSS) is the only national nonprofit focused solely on solving the issue of suicide among US veterans and service members. The suicide rate among veterans is still 1.5 veterans dying by suicide every day.

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