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Community Engagement Trends for 2025

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This also matches the theme for next year’s Global Community Engagement Day, on January 28. It highlights the importance of trust-building in community development. More Compensation for Participation Involvement In recent years, compensating participants for their involvement in community engagement has gained traction.

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How Did We Get Here? Affordable Housing Policy with Andy Toy

Iron Sharpens Iron

Andy is recognized as a thought leader and innovator when it comes to community and economic development. Andy’s policy and advocacy work has included efforts to ensure everyone has a voice in their community. He founded United Voices for Philadelphia and still engages in voter registration and voting advocacy.

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Building Resilience: Leveraging Innovative Partnerships and Low Cost Capital to Meet Affordable Single-Family Housing Needs

Center for Community Progress

This is an excerpt of Chapter 10 of Tackling Vacancy and Abandonment: Strategies and Impacts After the Great Recession, jointly produced by the Center for Community Progress, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Since its inception in 1991, the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.

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Tempe referendum fails to support Phoenix Coyotes hockey complex

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo from " Tempe voters reject Coyotes Arena – “No” votes on Props 301, 302 and 303 ," Northeast Valley News. Photo from " Tempe voters reject Coyotes Arena – “No” votes on Props 301, 302 and 303 ," Northeast Valley News.

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: THE TYPICAL TRAJECTORY for an urban arts community goes something like this: A couple of creative types set up shop in a neighborhood bypassed by development. Mycella Collective. The buildings might be run down, but rents are cheap, and more artists follow. Magic ensues for a few years.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

Episode Transcript Here: [link] Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement. Currently, Jen serves on the Community Advisory Boards of WHYY, DiSilvestro Recreation Center and Vote16USA, a national nonpartisan effort to lower the voting age.

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She Wears Many Hats: Block Leadership and Civic Engagement with Jen Devor

Iron Sharpens Iron

Jen Devor is a South Philly block captain, committeeperson, public school advocate, voting enthusiast, and a published author on civic engagement. Currently, Jen serves on the Community Advisory Boards of WHYY, DiSilvestro Recreation Center and Vote16USA, a national nonpartisan effort to lower the voting age.