Center for Community Progress
JUNE 22, 2023
These learning exchanges, which include technical and leadership training, are an opportunity for the fellows to learn in and from each other’s communities and tour creative placemaking and revitalization projects. When Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit in 2017, Puerto Rico’s vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated property crisis grew exponentially.
Center for Community Progress
JULY 3, 2024
And finally, our Education, Leadership, and Engagement initiatives are creating opportunities for learning and networking for community revitalization champions at all knowledge and experience levels. This program has helped dozens of community members expand their leadership, commitment, and role in strengthening their neighborhoods.
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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. This work takes a narrow focus specific to community development and identifies barriers to equitable leadership opportunities while offering reparative solutions.
Center for Community Progress
MAY 24, 2022
Cohorts of grassroots community leaders from Syracuse, New York ; Braddock/East Pittsburgh/North Braddock (BEN), Pennsylvania ; and Loíza, Puerto Rico will collectively learn revitalization strategies for neighborhoods struggling with vacancy, abandonment, and disinvestment. Simply, we work to transform “Vacant Spaces into Vibrant Places.”
Center for Community Progress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
The fellows travel to learning exchanges in each other’s communities, receive technical and leadership training, and take neighborhood tours. The 2020-2021 CRF Cycle The 2020-2021 Community Revitalization Fellowship included grassroots community leaders from Fitchburg, Massachusetts; Montgomery, Alabama; and Reading, Pennsylvania.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
OCTOBER 19, 2022
They gave one of best ever community tours I've been on at a conference (" Artists bring flourish to Penn Avenue ," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , " A Transformed Penn Avenue ," Pittsburgh Magazine , Vacancy to Vitality in Pittsburgh’s East End: Penn Avenue Arts Initiative , case study, Metris Arts Consulting ).
GovLoop
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Expert Generalists That’s because, among other reasons, frontline workers know how AI tools could improve their daily tasks better than leadership or IT specialists probably do. It’s very much a grassroots approach that encourages innovation from the ground up,” he said. Barriers But there are challenges.
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