Neighborhood Development
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Featured Publications
Responsible Redevelopment: Relocation Road Map 1.0
2008
Involuntary relocation is a disruptive and traumatic process that intensifies the challenges and risks faced by vulnerable families. This guide outlines some of the major issues and challenges to be faced when low-income families and children are displaced involuntarily by redevelopment projects and suggests some alternative standards and practices. This Road Map, which will be updated periodically, draws on the experience of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and others who seek to promote innovative and more beneficial relocation practices that lead to better choices and outcomes for residents.
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Eminent Domain: Implications for Community Redevelopment Efforts
2007
The first in a series of planned monographs from the Neighborhood Development unit,this report provides a summary of the presentations and discussions held at a September 2006 consultative convened by Casey, entitled “The Eminent Domain Debate.”
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Community Benefits Agreements: The Power, Practice, and Promise of a Responsible Redevelopment Tool
2007
This is the second monograph in a series produced by the Casey Foundation to focus thought and attention on the use of responsible redevelopment practices. This report provides a summary of a consultative session on community benefits agreements that took place in May 2007.
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Family Mobility and Neighborhood Change: New Evidence and Implications for Community Initiatives
2009
This report highlights data on resident mobility in Making Connections sites, measuring how mobility modifies neighborhoods’ composition and characteristics, and identifying households' reasons for moving and for staying in place.
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Responsible Approaches to Neighborhood Stabilization: Case Studies in Action
2009
NeighborWorks America and the Annie E. Casey Foundation have partnered in an effort to develop a more holistic understanding of the elements involved in community renewal. The current housing crisis presents an opportunity to learn from NeighborWorks affiliates and their partners as they go about restoring neighborhoods affected by the foreclosure crisis. Through case studies, this report details how organizations working with NeighborWorks are addressing this crisis.
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Resident Leadership and Facilitation Work Book
2008
The Resident Leadership and Facilitation Training is designed to help participants gain an understanding of the skills needed to lead successful meetings that result in decisions about actions that will achieve desired results.
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Casey Connects: Winter 2008
2008
Why is a foundation devoted to disadvantaged children supporting major redevelopment projects in Baltimore and beyond? Casey’s community change strategy is grounded in the belief that improving distressed neighborhoods will boost children’s odds for success. The Winter 2008 issue of Casey Connects highlights efforts in Baltimore and other cities to promote responsible redevelopment -- to ensure that residents who either stay or are relocated truly benefit and that the rebuilding process is carried out in partnership with the community.
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Responsible Redevelopment: Relocation Road Map 1.0
2008
Involuntary relocation is a disruptive and traumatic process that intensifies the challenges and risks faced by vulnerable families. This guide outlines some of the major issues and challenges to be faced when low-income families and children are displaced involuntarily by redevelopment projects and suggests some alternative standards and practices. This Road Map, which will be updated periodically, draws on the experience of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and others who seek to promote innovative and more beneficial relocation practices that lead to better choices and outcomes for residents.
more >>