Community development - Topics

Who pays when a coal town loses the mine that employed it Community organizing asks residents to name the problem before anyone writes a proposal What happens to a neighborhood program when the funding cycle ends and the staff leave? Do-it-yourself placemaking means painting the crosswalk and asking permission later A report written with a community reads differently from one written about it Asset-based community development starts by listing what a neighborhood already has Participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre let residents allocate real money and the model spread worldwide The third sector is asked to do state work without state money Gentrification often appears in grant documents under the word revitalization Fishing villages are emptying out faster than any policy can respond Community development grants reward whichever group writes the best application Jane Addams lived in the slum she was trying to fix — does that still work today? Capacity building sounds empowering until you ask who decided which capacity was missing Who shows up to a planning hearing and who is represented by the silence? Does participation improve community-driven development outcomes Eco-villages attract people who want out and then spend years arguing about compost Cohousing began in Denmark because families wanted shared dinners not shared ideology Rural community development has to plan for a shrinking population not a growing one When a community center closes at five it is a building not a program A community project that promised stronger ties needs a measure nobody agreed on at the start Community benefit agreements trade a developer's permit for local hiring promises Community land trusts take land out of the market to keep housing permanently affordable