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Supply Skepticism Revisited: What New Research Shows About the Impact of Supply on Affordability

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

But as concerns about gentrification and displacement in urban areas have become more widespread, supply skepticism has expanded from the traditional anti-development constituencies to renters and social advocates fighting for equitable neighborhood planning. “We need all hands on deck producing all housing.”

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CED through Local and Regional Food Systems: The Latest Resources

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

In fact, a significant new resource on local food system development (discussed below) was released just this morning. Many of the suggestions put forth at the conference related to creating sustainable economic development in food systems by improving connections and access, both from the business and the consumer side.

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How to Convince Your Boss to Send You to the Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference

Center for Community Progress

It is the only national community development conference dedicated specifically to reusing “ blighted ” properties—what we call vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties. Community revitalization takes perseverance, and RVP provides the inspiration to fuel you to keep going. When : October 9-11, 2024.

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Leaders in Land Banking: A Conversation with the Directors of the Savannah-Chatham Land Bank Authority and Omaha Municipal Land Bank

Center for Community Progress

The board said I’d be buying properties that were abandoned and tax delinquent and selling them to developers to turn into affordable housing. I got my start in local government in Memphis, Tennessee, which is where I developed my love of working with my community and driving generational wealth-building.

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National Volunteer Week: April 16th-22nd

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Neighborhood groups had to come together to come up with and implement a program of community improvements. The city developed a capacity building and training infrastructure to support it, after they realized the average community group didn't have the capacity to do it on their own.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Main Street commercial district revitalization practice grew out of HP and a desire to save "old buildings" in the face of the development of shopping centers, chain retail, and broken microeconomies. Very soon into my writing, before the blog, a bunch of DC cultural institutions failed, so this became an ongoing topic.

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Methods for leading a modern government

Partnership for Public Service

Buy-in : Engage upper leadership to develop a personal connection to—and interest in—the success of pilot programs. Storytelling : Communicate clearly, early and often. Culture : Psychological and bureaucratic barriers against innovation are often ingrained in the culture of an organization. Addressing these hurdles early eases uptake.