Center for Community Progress

AUGUST 25, 2022

In this chapter, John O’Callaghan , president and CEO of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP), and Mandy Eidson , senior manager of the ANDP Loan Fund, share how ANDP is innovatively meeting affordable single-family housing needs in Atlanta. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

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Housing Development Advocacy Voting 98

Center for Community Progress

MARCH 28, 2024

When you live next door to a long-abandoned house or down the street from a vacant lot that’s a magnet for illegal dumping , it’s easy to feel powerless to do anything about it. Vacant or “ blighted ” properties—whether dilapidated, abandoned homes or vacant, overgrown lots— harm neighbors and neighborhoods. This process takes years.

Housing 52

Housing Local Government Elected Officials Laws 52

Bang the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In the last few years, there’s been an understandable reassignment of many key communication staff to booster public health campaigns, with few able to prioritize the essential task of updating (now painfully old) policy. Run a community advocacy program . Consult early on policy decisions.

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Advocacy Engagement Community Engagement Campaign 40

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

DC isn't very big on public restrooms, although some federal parks have them (" Where Did All the Public Bathrooms Go? ," Bloomberg). This is common for many cities--no public restrooms. Early on cities had public restrooms and baths because much of housing did not.

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Budgeting Advocacy Housing Communications 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 13, 2024

Planning at the landscape scale for Sugar House Park: the cultural landscape. The state has the Jordan River Commission , and the advocacy group, the Seven Canyons Trust , works on creek daylighting issues throughout the County. As a result, Sugar House Park was rebuilt in part as a flood control structure. Water conservation.

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Parks And Recreation Sustainability Housing Management 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Last fall, the Houston Chronicle ran an obituary on one of Houston's foremost transit advocates, " Janis Scott, Houston's 'bus lady,' arts patron and tireless advocate for public transit, dies at 73." She was a leading member of the area transit advocacy group, LINK Houston. Urban design and minority communities.

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Transportation Public Transportation Laws Campaign 52