Planning

Fighting climate change at the community level: Carl Vogel, Dec 11, 2012; 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: Dec 11, 2012; 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: Eileen Figel, Dec 11, 2012; 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: Eileen Figel, Nov 5, 2012; 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: John Niederman, Oct 21, 2012; 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: Eileen Figel, Sep 17, 2012; The residents of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania are finding ways to put their small town’s plan into action.
Back from disaster: Eileen Figel, Sep 10, 2012; Recovery efforts work best when they’re strategic, broadly focused and targeted to the communities that need the most help.
Childhood's trend: Carl Vogel, Sep 4, 2012; 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: Dominique Williams, Jul 30, 2012; A change in perspective came when the City asked for public health policy recommendations from Chicago community groups.
Building on a legacy: Carl Vogel, Jul 16, 2012; 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: Carl Vogel, Jun 11, 2012; 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: Eileen Figel, Apr 9, 2012; When a community-led quality-of-life plan is formally adopted by the city, it gains power and influence.
From isolation to collaboration: By Beth Anne Hendrickson, Feb 13, 2012; 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: Aug 22, 2011; 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: By Jim Capraro, senior fellow, Institute for Comprehensive Community Development, Aug 1, 2011; 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: By Bonnie Newman Davis, Jun 13, 2011; 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: By Bonnie Newman Davis, Jun 13, 2011; 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: By Patrick T. Reardon, May 23, 2011; 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: By James Taylor, Mar 4, 2011; 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: Oct 14, 2010; 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: By Patrick T. Reardon, Aug 23, 2010; 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: By Eileen Figel, Jul 22, 2010; 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.