A Sideways Approach to Governing
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is seeking to improve his city by going neighborhood by neighborhood.
Seth D. Kaplan
Growing Community Together
To succeed, place-based neighborhood transformation must have deep roots in the community that support innovative ways to branch to outside resources. Bonton Farms offers a model of such work.
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Securing Trust in People and Place
Nonprofits seeking to improve communities face the hard work of building trust. Success requires prioritizing the people you work with and proceeding patiently.
Place-Based Strategies for Reviving America
Social problems are entrenched in distressed communities. New approaches for uplifting neighborhoods demonstrate the scale and collaboration necessary to offer opportunity to all.
Building Relationships, Strengthening Neighborhoods
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?