Center for Community Progress

MARCH 3, 2025

Beyond aesthetics, these programs improve public health and safety. Involving residents and community groups already involved in vacant land stewardship helps lower costs and strengthens neighborhood engagement. Their contributions supplement local government capacity and fosters neighborhood pride.

Outreach 97

Outreach Engagement Stewardship Public Health 97

Center for Community Progress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

A Zimmerman discuss how effectively managed vacant lot greening can deliver diverse public health benefits to communities. Lots with overgrowth, dumping, and other signs of deterioration discourage positive social interaction and have adverse effects on the physical and mental health of residents. . In this chapter, Laney A.

Engagement 52

Engagement Stewardship Sustainability Public Health 52

Center for Community Progress

MARCH 24, 2023

Vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated (VAD) properties—referred to by some as “blighted properties”—pose significant costs to public health, property values, local taxpayers, and more. Failure to address problem properties, just like ignoring a leaking faucet, costs more in the long run and causes more harm over time.

Local Government 98

Local Government Public Health Public Safety Translation 98

Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Illegal dumping has public health, economic, and environmental consequences. Once, on a public street, someone dumped a 55-gallon drum of an extremely hazardous chemical right at the curb near a park within the city,” said Keith L. Check out our vacant land projects database for examples of vacant land stewardship and reuse.

Stewardship 52

Stewardship Public Health Local Government Accountability 52