Community Development for the 21st Century: Asset-building and the Resurgence of Pittsburgh

Revitalizing a distressed community is a difficult challenge. Oftentimes it can take decades to achieve. Pittsburgh's East Liberty and Lawrenceville neighborhoods had fallen on hard times in the late part of the 20th century. However, in recent years, both were able to identify and leverage the assets of the community as a part of their revitalization strategy. Led by the efforts of local community organizations, these communities developed innovative redevelopment strategies that ultimately produced meaningful revitalization in both neighborhoods. The following is a study to understand if and how asset-building theories of community development influenced the strategies used to revitalize East Liberty and Lawrenceville. Through the analysis of public data sets and semi-structured interviews with the community development and local government professionals, evidence suggests that assetbuilding theories did influence redevelopment strategies and did produce meaningful revitalization in both communities.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Tigano, Jason D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Michael Irwin
• Evan Stoddard

• asset-based community development
• asset-building
• community development
• neighborhood revitalization

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1283

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2299