Center for Community Progress

JULY 3, 2024

The City successfully advocated for a change to state law that would open up their ability to use in rem code lien foreclosure, a tool developed by Community Progress in 2019 for the city of Mobile. Our work in Birmingham uplifted the need for a better tool to move deteriorated properties stuck in the code enforcement cycle to new ownership.

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Center for Community Progress

APRIL 26, 2022

Over time, though, the field of community development has shifted from grassroots movements to the careers of specialized professionals. Its roots are embedded in the backyards, living rooms, and church halls of people who, out of sheer will and perseverance, found ways to advocate for change in their neighborhoods.

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Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Each year, Community Progress welcomes grassroots community leaders to our Community Revitalization Fellowship (CRF) program, where they collectively learn how to help their neighborhoods tackle vacancy, abandonment, and disinvestment. I am about to start another project working with the Green Law Community Garden.

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Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

Social media has played an integral part in grassroots communication and participation. OWS began as a grassroots protest against the inequality, greed and corruption associated with the financial sector of the economy. CNBC’s Rick Santelli is widely credited with launching the grassroots movement. ning the Tea Party.

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