Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Community Involvement

The Challenge of Performance Management in Community Develop…

In a forthcoming book, I define performance management as a continuous and cyclical process of making data-informed decisions to improve organizational outcomes. These systems allow public managers to...

The last bank branch standing

From Alaska to Arkansas, communities across the United States face a growing challenge: declining access to physical bank branches. As nearby bank branches...

The Quarterly Catch-up, Q4 2024

Equitable development strengthens economies by creating inclusive, resilient, and vibrant communities. From closing gaps and increasing access, to sharing and deploying resources after...

Coalition draws on local benefits cliff lessons to inform na…

For Hannah Reuter at Springfield WORKS’s Bridge to Prosperity pilot program in Massachusetts, $22,000 is a magic number. Reuter and her colleagues think...

Lower-income neighborhoods face greater flood risk, tougher …

As extreme weather becomes increasingly frequent and severe, its disproportionate impact on low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities grows. The recent regional devastation of...

Samantha Porter, Philadelphia Fed – Inspire Stories

Samantha Porter, Senior Manager and Advisor, Community Engagement, Philadelphia Fed Samantha (Sam) Porter’s interest in community development (CD) began in graduate school, while pursuing a...

Our Best Night Yet! — DeSales Community Development

The evening also celebrated progress on two new affordable housing projects currently in predevelopment, underscoring DeSales’ commitment to creating vibrant, affordable...

[Watch] Exploring Possibilities of Investing Now for Prosper…

Listen to the podcast Historical and systemic factors have led to and still contribute to climate vulnerability in lower-income communities. But there are practical...

It takes more than money to serve the underserved

A Native American couple in Anchorage, Alaska received down payment assistance to buy their first home. A refugee from Burma got a loan...

Built to Fail? Contracts for Deeds Often Sell a Homeownershi…

Brandon Kelso lived with his father and sister in a modest Columbus, Ohio, house when his father passed away in 2017. Kelso, then...