Once again, I had the privilege of attending the Winter Session of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program hosted by Drexel University in cold and snowy Philadelphia at the end of ...

1. Communities Develop: The Question is How? / James DeFilippis and Susan Saegert -- PART I. HISTORY AND FUTURE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -- 2. Swimming against the Tide: A Brief History of Federal ...

Rice farmers tend to their fields in Lombok, Indonesia. Photo: Atet Dwi Pramadia/World Bank. A decade ago, recurring landslides above West Java stripped the forested hillsides bare, and water ...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the disproportionate impact of its economic toll on renters, the federal government allocated an unprecedented $46.55 billion to the U.S. Department of the ...

Purdue Extension aims to assist Indiana communities to have thriving and resilient economies, quality infrastructure and sustainable job opportunities for its residents. This thematic area provides ...

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 ...

As we emerge from the pandemic, economic recovery is on everyone’s minds. Cities around the world are grappling with the intersecting challenges of inflation, climate change and deep systemic ...

Blind spots require someone outside of the typical perspective to bring attention to them. One person who unintentionally brought light to one of Glenwood Springs’ biggest blind spots was Police Chief ...

Boomtown, again: Once driven by oil, Tulsa is now betting on tech, talent recruitment, and community-focused development to fuel its next chapter. Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS In March 2019, I arrived in ...

Pupils attending lessons at Jiir Primary School in Lakes State, South Sudan, in a new 4-classroom block which was constructed by UNOPS on behalf of the government of South Sudan with funding from the ...