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Planning

Fighting climate change at the community level
Thanks to a program that provides a comprehensive perspective on green development, urban neighborhoods are giving a new look at saving the environment.
Life after Sandy
More than half a dozen key LISC staff on the East Coast participated in a roundtable to discuss the effects of Hurricane Sandy and what it means for their cities and communities moving forward.
Response teamwork
Five big ideas for how CDCs and other local organizations can play a key role in helping their communities recover from disaster.
Sandy, climate change and community development
There are ways for local, neighborhood-based initiatives to join in the fight against global warming. In fact, some communities have already started.
Planning for rural demographics
In Huntington, Indiana, a nonprofit is jumpstarting a conversation about how comprehensive community development can help reverse long-term population loss.
One small town’s many changes
The residents of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania are finding ways to put their small town’s plan into action.
Back from disaster
Recovery efforts work best when they’re strategic, broadly focused and targeted to the communities that need the most help.
Childhood's trend
A new databook shows how improving low-income communities can have a profound impact on the future of the local kids.
When policy comes from the neighborhood
A change in perspective came when the City asked for public health policy recommendations from Chicago community groups.
Building on a legacy
Lessons in how to think about getting the most from America's "legacy cities" can be applied to neighborhoods as well.
Parking lots and possibilities
A new book asks us to rethink the lowly parking lot, which brings up the question, what else can be a resource in rebuilding our neighborhoods?
Make that plan official
When a community-led quality-of-life plan is formally adopted by the city, it gains power and influence.
From isolation to collaboration
Kansas City's Chouteau Courts public housing complex and surrounding Paseo Gateway neighborhood have used the Choice Neighborhood program to expand their vision for change.
Sharing a common purpose in Phoenix
A report from the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership highlights neighborhood revitalization efforts in Phoenix's Central City South.
Saying 'I do' to a Philadelphia neighborhood
On June 28, a long effort resulted in the public unveiling of a quality-of-life plan for the Eastern North neighborhood of Philadelphia. Next step: implementation.
Assessing the Fulton Hill commercial corridor
Recently, consultants from LISC walked the Fulton Hill business corridor “to learn as much as possible about what the community is seeking."
In Richmond, Va., the first steps to revive a once-vibrant business strip
Residents in the Fulton Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Va., have taken the first steps to revive the community’s once-thriving retail corridor.
"Si, se puede! Yes, we can!" --- how to roll-out a quality-of-life plan
Three videos from Providence, RI, and Chicago tell how to prepare and roll out a quality-of-life planning effort.
Planning, leadership keys to turnaround in Indianapolis
Residents in six Indianapolis neighborhoods are working together to implement one of the most ambitious plans for neighborhood transformation ever conceived in the city --- albeit quietly.
Two Houston Neighborhoods Have Plans to Get Better
The blueprints for the future of Houston's Northside and Independence Heights neighborhoods are ambitious, with an eye on collaboration and smart growth.
Common vision can create beautiful results
An organization that tries to do everything is bound to fail, says Jim Capraro. But an orchestra that pulls together talent around a common vision? That's where the magic is.
How It Happens: Planning into Implementation
How do you turn plans into reality and move people into implementation? Listen in as practitioners from Woonsocket and West Indianapolis tell what they learned along the way.
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