Month: June 2011

Solutions for America: Downtown Revitalization

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The Solutions for America website draws from many resources and studies, highlighting and elaborating upon many strategies for downtown revitalization programs – aim for a multi-functional downtown, create a broad strategy for city revitalization, create partnerships and secure funding sources, attract commercial business, develop the area’s  unique cultural qualities, encourage local government involvement, etc.  The
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City of Longmont Neighborhood Revitalization Program

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The City of Longmont has initiated its Neighborhood Revitalization Program, which aims to provide a comprehensive approach to improving neighborhoods.  The program provides neighborhoods with various resources, such as block party grants, information about Longmont’s organic community garden, a Neighborhood Action Planning Workbook PDF, and the Neighborhood Improvement Grant Program, among others. To visit the
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Vacant City Plots to Become Community Gardens

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The City Council in Hamilton, Ohio will soon vote on legislation that would allow vacant city land to be converted to community gardens.   The Butler County Ohio State University Extension Office and the Hamilton Urban Gardens Systems would supervise the gardens, while education programs would teach the community how to grow and preserve fresh produce. 
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Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program

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Wayne State University established a fellowship program that engages motivated individuals in urban revitalization opportunities to shape the future of Detroit.  Fellows gain academic and professional training in initiatives such as planning and financing for a resilient and sustainable city; neighborhood and community development; urban, housing, and transit development; and economic development.  Applications for the
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Dan Kildee Discusses Land Banking within the National Agenda

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As part of PBS’s “Blueprint America,” Dan Kildee, president of the Center for Community Progress, discusses the benefits of the survival of “shrinking cities” within a national perspective.  He uses his past experiences in Flint, Michigan to explain the ways in which post-industrial cities are able to reposition themselves through a land bank model.  
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