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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Community Development Corporation"”.
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The community development corporation concept: an analysis of possible terms and their promise.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1970. M.C.P.
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Management control in a community development corporation, a case study : the Chinese Economic Development Council
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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The information technology revolution at the neighborhood level : public participation GIS and the Community Development Corporation
… for civic engagement/public participation in the Community Development Corporation sector?, and examines three CDCs that employ civic engagement/public participation strategies, and who are also using GIS. Both the traditional neighborhood revitalization model and comprehensive community change …
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Process skill in community design
The proposition that the design process for the redevelopment of urban communities is improved as a result of one person's skill in process mechanics is examined. The proposition is sustained on the basis of observations and analyses made over a three year period in a community development …
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Finding peace in the CDC development process : the lessons of the Siochain Rental Rehabilitation Project
… Project to identify areas of concern for the development procedures of the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH), a Community Development Corporation (CDC). Development practices in acquisition, financing, budget, construction, and the use of the CDC development team were evaluated and …
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Making Place for Arts & Culture: how arts & culture play into interdisciplinary strategies for community development without displacement
… of arts & culture in the context of community development at a neighborhood scale. Specifically, it asks: how might arts and culture interventions be used as part of interdisciplinary strategies to bolster marginalized communities dealing with systemic disinvestment without …
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Civic engagement in the age of devolution: how anthropological approaches can help navigate grassroots conflicts
… local influential organizations, including the Community Development Corporation (CDC) and a number of state registered neighborhood groups. I frame this conflict through the Advocacy Coalition Framework (Sabatier 2007) in order to map out the connections between neoliberal social policies and …
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Politics, jobs and workforce development : the role of workforce intermediaries in building career pathways within Boston's health care industry
… is employer-led and the other which is led by a community development corporation. Despite the proliferation of new workforce intermediaries around the country and the increased amount of funding to support them from the private and public sectors, these institutions are limited in their ability …
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What comes next? : employment opportunities for Vietnamese American fisherfolk affected by the BP gulf oil spill in Louisiana
… explains the history of the Vietnamese American community in Louisiana and the affects of Hurricane Katrina as well as the BP oil spill on the community. This is done in order to build the case for the need to look for alternative employment for dislocated Vietnamese American fisherfolk. Second, …
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The greening of community development : an analysis of ecological restoration and neighborhood planning in the Fenway
… neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Separate community planning initiatives to protect the urban watershed and promote a community development vision have improved the physical conditions of the Fenway neighborhood, but have failed to address long-term solutions to restoring a healthy and …
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Collective economics : leveraging purchasing power of low-income communities for collective gain : Lawrence Community Works and the Network Advantage Program
… for collective benefits. Working with Lawrence Community Works (LCW), the thesis provides an economic profile of the organization's membership as the basis for proposing partnerships that seek to leverage the purchasing power of members for collective benefits. Based in Lawrence, MA, LCW is a …
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Neighboring Development, Distant Goals: Competing Visions for Philadelphia’s Chinatown North/Callowhill in Light of the Reading Viaduct Redevelopment
… conflict has come to a head over the proposed redevelopment of the Reading Viaduct, an abandoned rail viaduct from Philadelphia’s industrial age. Friends of the Rail Park, a non-profit organization, seeks to transform it into an elevated park, and Phase 1 of the project is located in Chinatown …
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Building partnerships : public schools as a catalysts for community development
… with little or no ties to the surrounding community. A rising trend in urban school reform models is the community school concept where schools serve as centers of communities. These schools are open throughout the year and include a diverse set of programs to enrich the learning …
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The Klondike Memory Project: Klondike Memory Project: Race, Counter-Memory, and Planning Processes
This thesis expands on existing community-driven archiving work started by the Klondike-Smokey City Community Development Corporation (KSCCDC) in 2016 to share untold and lesser-known collective histories from Klondike and Smokey City neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee. Using a photo essay and …
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Incremental power : the nexus between information technologies and community development
… potential uses of information technologies in community development work. It argues that while these technologies are vital to developing and implementing sound policy, they are also valuable tools for fostering greater community dialogue, encouraging broad collaboration, and building community …
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Community Involvement in commuter rail improvements : the case of the Fairmount Line in Boston
This thesis examines a successful community-led initiative to improve service on commuter rail and examines whether this initiative's focus on commuter rail in particular -- as opposed to a focus on other modes of transit -- affected the strategies of community members' participation and actions. …
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Oakland's Preservation Park: Planning for the Future
… beautiful homes under threat by the Oakland Redevelopment Authority's urban renewal clearance and construction of the highways. Interstates 580, 880, and 980 were lashed across Oakland to bring suburban commuters over the bridge to San Francisco, cutting up a city of neighborhoods and …
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Effectiveness of Community Development Organizations in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area
… One approach to addressing these issues is community development, and perhaps the most salient vehicle of community development is the community development corporation (CDC). This current study sought to address three aims: 1), understand the effects of CDCs on population-level outcomes; …
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The Forgotten Fight: Waging War on Poverty in New York City, 1945-1980
This dissertation recounts how community groups in postwar New York City tapped into growing government engagement with urban problems, which culminated in President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 declaration of "unconditional war on poverty." Focusing on the discourse among grassroots activists, social …
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The Politics of Community Development: A History of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
… history of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (BSRC), the nation's first federally funded community development corporation (CDC). The BSRC's creation stemmed from the bottom-up initiatives of African American women in the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council (CBCC), a federation …