This article was originally published on Common Edge. The Healthy Cities movement is a strong but sometimes underappreciated planning concept with its roots in the complex structure of the human body.

In Southern California, a partnership between Citizens Energy and SDG&E shows how transmission projects can deliver both clean power and lasting social benefits. Community collaboration models like ...

Realizing that disconnected silo-based efforts cannot effectively address these interrelated conditions on their own, innovators within the community development field have increasingly experimented ...

A light wet snow covers the roof and ground around the Jenkins, Minnesota, Town Hall as early voters cast their ballots Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Voting, participating in community activities, a ...

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 ...

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On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Community Reinvestment Act, the question of whether we’re targeting our community development resources most strategically is worth asking. It’s important to ...

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 ...

Governments and nongovernmental organizations around the world utilize community-driven development (CDD) approaches to address complex and overlapping development challenges. CDD approaches have a ...

PITTSBURG, Kan. — The conversion of an abandoned elementary school into a new day care center is being hailed as an ideal first project for Pittsburg’s new community development corporation, Point ...

Women, young people, and community elders work together to better understand their community’s economic and social relations and the underlying causes of poverty. Formed under the flagship Citizens’ ...

As expressed in the community development global guidelines, community development is intended to fashion conditions of economic and social growth for the entire community with its dynamic involvement ...