In my journey from a community development funder to a practitioner, I saw that many of us don’t fit within traditional definitions of community development. That exclusion is not by chance; it is ...

Community Development (CD) practitioners across the western U.S. are engaging in new efforts to reduce energy costs and improve resilience for low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities and other ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mayor Justin Bibb wants to use federal block grants to push Cleveland’s community development corporations toward more substantial home repair work, but several City Council members ...

Part of the Beginner's Guide to Grant Writing team after being presented with the award at NACDEP. Purdue Extension’s Beginner’s Guide to Grant Writing was recently recognized as a national award ...

COVID-19 has caused a worldwide surge in economic inequality, with cities like Detroit bearing the brunt. Black residents are seven times more likely to be very concerned about being evicted and 17 ...

A good economic-development plan builds on the strengths of residents, not just on physical infrastructure. A small-town mayor describes how his community found new ways to create opportunity. Years ...

The Trump Administration has quickly made clear its efforts to undermine community development mechanisms that aim to increase access to capital, housing, and generally to serve communities of color ...