Ron Dwyer-Voss believes a focus on assets, rather than needs, is the best way to foster community-driven change. Dwyer-Voss, the owner and founder of Pacific Community Solutions, gave a guest ...

Over the next two weeks, we’re all going to be subject to a tidal wave of messages that will fit in a framework of “us vs. them,” “winners and losers,” and playing on a fear of losing control or power ...

Community Development Fund lags peer asset managers in a number of stewardship qualities, resulting in a Below Average Parent Pillar rating. A quality holding back Community Development Fund from the ...

Conservation & Society, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2023), pp. 48-60 (13 pages) Healthy environments are fundamental to the quality of life of communities worldwide. Yet, many efforts to integrate environmental ...

Community coaches work with local groups to support asset-based community development. Coaches empower community groups to reach their goals, connect the community with resources or expertise, provide ...

Competitions are a significant tool that can be utilized in the formation and improvement of an urban development model that balances both local values and global priorities; however, the ...

According to social entrepreneur Zita Cobb, “the answers are always in the place.” Cobb is renowned globally as a true innovator in place-based economic development. She has been recognized for her ...

PORCUPINE, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation announced a new long-term philanthropic financing partnership with Ethos Asset Management Inc. (EAM), in ...

John L. McKnight, a professor of speech and urban affairs at Northwestern University, was an expert on community organizing and a keen researcher whose work focused on helping neighborhoods understand ...

When the pundits and the public wrote off the once-thriving Pullman community as another victim of a changing global economy, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives began imagining the positive impact that ...