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Hindley, Barbara – Boston Foundation, 2016
In the fall of 2009, the Boston Foundation announced a new strategic framework, "Thriving People, Vibrant Places", to guide much of its work for the next five years. The framework had its roots in a larger strategic direction first taken by the Foundation's Board of Directors in 2001. At that time, the Board believed the Boston…
Descriptors: Social Change, Community Development, Grants, Citizenship
Saavedra-Vela, Pilar – AGENDA, 1978
The Mexican American Unity Council aims to bring about economic and social change to San Antonio's Chicano community. (NQ)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Business, Community Development, Community Organizations
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Holtkamp, Jan; Otto, Daniel; Mahmood, Nuzhat – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1997
Evaluation of 78 multicommunity development organizations (MDOs) sharing economic development resources found that MDOs with higher levels of job retention were in areas with low per-capita income and more manufacturing. MDOs with larger staffs and budgets were more successful at job creation and retention. Community size and MDO age also…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Economic Development, Employment Patterns
National Congress for Community Economic Development, Washington, DC. – 1989
Community-based development organizations (CBDOs) appear to be a major force for the economic and physical rejuvenation of distressed, low-income communities. A CBDO is a private nonprofit group that serves a low-income community or constituency, is governed by a community-based board, and is an ongoing producer, with at least one completed…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Economic Development
Beaulieu, Lionel J. – 2002
Asset mapping is an effective tool for understanding the wealth of talent and resources that exists in each community--even those with small populations or suffering from poverty and economic distress. The long-term development of a community rests on its ability to uncover and build on the strengths and assets of its people, institutions, and…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Resources
Alexander, Stephen J.; Theodore, Nikolas C. – 1994
Recent urban redevelopment efforts in Chicago (Illinois) have often come at the expense of current low-income residents as upscale living replaces businesses and homes and raises rents. Local Community Development Organizations (CDOs) offer an alternative path to economic development by being a foundation for neighborhood efforts that meet the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Development, Community Organizations, Economic Development
Nelson, Edwin C. – Small Town, 1990
Suggests strategies for reviving small rural communities. Discusses community development meetings, developing effective leadership, and involving youth and women. Discusses importance of development programs, effective media, good educational systems, and other community institutions. Emphasizes important role of local youth programs, schools,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Organizations
Bebbington, Anthony; And Others – Grassroots Development, 1992
Indigenous community organizations and organizational federations in Ecuador have moved from dealing with issues of land, civil rights, and cultural identity to promoting culturally appropriate, community-based, sustainable economic development ventures. The need for technical training and the success of Indian-to-Indian job training are…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, American Indians, Community Action
Brown, Ralph B. – 1990
Effective rural education depends on active community involvement. This ethnographic case study examines three models of community organization as an explanation of how community action occurs. The three models are: (1) individuals interacting in formal and informal groups; (2) networks of "weak ties" effective for diffusing information and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Characteristics
Copp, James H. – 1983
A study of the process of a 1977-1983 oil and gas boom in Caldwell, Texas, disproved the assumption that local social effects of rapid energy development are severe and negative. Using interviews, surveys, observation, local newspapers, and other writings as data sources, researchers determined that during the boom, Caldwell's population grew…
Descriptors: Churches, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Satisfaction
Fernig, Leo; And Others – 1982
Servol (Service Volunteered for All) is a voluntary organization in Trinidad and Tobago with a staff of some 90 people engaged in a wide range of activities grouped in seven Life Centers and a periphery of 13 nursery schools, as well as family farm units in a rural area. From a modest start in late 1970, Servol has grown steadily during its first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Benefits, Community Centers, Community Development
Weber, Ron – Grassroots Development, 1990
Describes Catholic priest's founding and operation of Servol, grassroots community assistance and development center in Trinidad. Describes Servol's low-profile service-oriented approach to creating education and health services, programs, and facilities. Describes Servol's difficult transition from quixotic neighborhood project to national and…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Centers, Community Coordination, Community Development
Vukasin, Helen L., Ed. – 1985
This Caribbean Regional Workshop was organized to bring together representatives of private, voluntary, and community development organizations, governmental agencies, and other non-governmental organizations in the Eastern Caribbean who were concerned with environmental quality. The conference was intended to improve the level of citizen…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Development
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Bowman, Joseph, Jr.; Shaw, Alan; Hammond, Allen; Lincoln, Bruce – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1998
Describes the evolution during 1992-97 of the Urban Cyberspace Initiative (UCSI), a conceptual model for placing technology-rich environments in urban centers that will support educational, economic, and community development. Discusses characteristics of technology projects, planning, education, collaboration, and legislative issues related to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Development, Community Organizations, Economic Development
Church, Kathryn – 2001
This working paper is intended to enrich an initial description of alternative businesses and A-Way Express Couriers, in particular. (A-Way, a 12-year-old community organization, is a psychiatric survivor-run alternative business.) The paper begins with a brief commentary on the psychiatric survivor movement and research on it. The paper traces…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Community Development, Community Organizations
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