Community Development Web Sites

©1999-2002 Ronald Keith Bolender

http://www.ccda.org/

Christian Community Development Association. This site includes many resources dealing with faith-based initiatives and it includes a posting of faith-based initiative career opportunities.

http://rurallife.kenyon.edu/

The Rural Life Center at Kenyon College promotes education, scholarship, and public projects about rural life. Through collaboration with the central Ohio community, the Rural Life Center seeks to enhance the quality of rural life.

http://www.comm-dev.org/

Contains on-line library with journal abstracts and Vanguard and CD Practice articles. Also offers an on-line forum and contact addresses for various topics, such as economic development, research, and spirituality.

http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) site for rural development. A rich source of links and real world applications of successful community development projects (http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rd/stories/index.htm). The focus of this site is developing rural communities. 

http://www.handsnet.org/

On-line magazine on community development and minority group relations. Easy reading, updated frequently. Focus on current events rather than community development in general.

http://www.naco.org/leg/facts/httoc.cfm

The National Association of Counties develops Legislative Fact Sheets on high priority issues before Congress and the federal agencies. These fact sheets are written by the NACo lobbyists and are intended as concise briefings on the issues and our associated policy positions.

http://www.bostonabcd.org/

Wide variety of community programs including elder care, child care, landlord/tenant responsibilities, and more. Promotes philosophy of self-help through a decentralized neighborhood-based structure.

http://www.khubbell.com/

Loaded with links that are sorted by category, access click on Internet resources and then on research. Information on how to use Internet resources and a reading list. Very useful site.

http://www.luc.edu/depts/curl/prag/

The Policy Research Action Group is a consortium of 15 community-based or community-focused nonprofit organizations and four urban universities: Chicago State University, DePaul University, Loyola University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Chicago. They helping community groups access university resources to address urban problems

http://www.innercitypress.org/

Inner City Press / Community on the Move (ICP) is headquartered in the South Bronx of New York City, engaged in cut-edge advocacy, reporting and organizing in the fields of community reinvestment, fair access to credit, insurance and telecommunications, environmental justice, and government and corporate accountability.

http://www.newdream.org

The Center for a New American Dream helps individuals and institutions shift patterns of consumption to enhance quality of life and protect the natural environment. Offers a variety of free and inexpensive resources related to commercialism, consumption and the environment, including our quarterly newsletter, Enough!

http://thecity.sfsu.edu/~stewartd/

The Bay Area Homelessness Program highlights student leadership, curriculum, community service learning & popular education, and community partnerships related to public policy, applied research & advocacy.

http://www.naeh.org/

The National Alliance to End Homelessness includes subject areas such as background and statistics, policy and legislation, best practices and profiles, publications/resources, fact sheets for students, and links. There is also a section called "what you can do" that gives many practical ideas on how you can join in the fight to end homelessness.

http://ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/

Devoted to training people in core competencies for developing and implementing community health and development initiatives through the use of a Tool Box. The core of the Tool Box website is the "how-to tools" which contains sections on leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, advocacy, grant writing, and evaluation to give just a few examples. Each section includes a description of the task, advantages of doing it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists of points to review, and training materials.

http://www.nw.org/

Resources found here provide information relating to a host of community-revitalization efforts from across the country including resources for training and further research, as well as links to relevant sites.

http://www.sdgateway.net

Sustainable Development Communication Network. Mainly a list of links with information from around the world on how to deal with such crucial issues as climate change, cleaner production, waste, poverty, consumerism, natural resource management, and governance. Almost 200 links in various languages, can be hard to navigate without a specific search topic.

http://www.ciet.org/index.html

CIET is an international group of epidemiologists and social scientists who bring scientific research methods to local government and community levels. The section on USA features El Puente, a community organization in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that has done community research on asthma.

http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/

"The mission of Sustainable Pittsburgh is to affect decision-making in the Pittsburgh [PA] region so that it integrates economic prosperity, social equality, and environmental quality. We do so by building diverse coalitions, developing measurable new indicators as a compass, and undertaking key initiatives. In all of our work we emphasize long term and sustained quality of life for all citizens."

http://www.ncdaonline.org/

Membership required for most links in site. Contains info on National Community Development Association: group of local governments supporting community development through housing, grants, loans, etc. Specific to association, little general info.

http://www.library.ubc.ca/finearts/PLANNING.html

#Electronic Journals. Site for electronic journals on community planning, ecology, urbanization.

http://www.acn.net/

American Community Network (ACN) is a searchable database of demographic and economic statistics for every county and metro area in America, along with links to thousands of economic development sites.

http://www.nacced.org/

NACCED (National Association for County Community and Economic Development). Conference and workshop dates. Most information is for members only.

http://www.cdf.org.uk/

Definitions of key terms such as community development, regeneration, capacity building, community sector, and social inclusion.

http://www.nlchp.org/

The National Law Center serves as the legal arm of the national movement to end homelessness in America. Very informative and professional site.

http://www.soros.org/usprograms/programs.htm

Focus on correcting the deficiencies of the essentially open society in the United States. Seeks to broaden the debate surrounding numerous issues such as immigration, welfare, drug policies, terminal illness, and inner city youth.

http://www.schumachersociety.org/

E.F. Schumacher Society - Public forum for scholars and activists working in the dealing with the issues of community renewal, decentralism, and human scale.

http://www.iacdglobal.org/

Promotes community development across international policies and programs, network and support practitioners and encourage exchange of information and practice knowledge. Membership needed for some areas.

http://www.communityleadership.org/index.html

Working to strengthen and transform communities by enhancing the capacity of inclusive, community leadership development efforts. Members only.

http://www2.ari.net/home/poverty/

Cyber Herald Archives.This archive contains a selection of previous articles from the authors weekly column in The MetroHerald. Not the most professional site but there is some food for thought.

http://www.ncced.org/

National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) has business related and governmental sources.

http://www.bankofamerica.com/community/

Building strong neighborhoods is what Community Development Banking is all about. In 1998, Bank of America made a commitment. We would lend and invest $350 billion for community development over 10 years.

http://www.communitychange.org/

This site provides information on jobs and economic development, housing and community development, organizations, and changing policies.

http://www.ncbn.org

The National Community Building Network (NCBN) is an alliance of individuals and organizations that work to reduce poverty and create social and economic opportunity through comprehensive community building strategies. Memberships available but most information can be accessed. Check out the library of abstracts.

http://www.CEDOBurlington.org/

Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO) for the City of Burlington, Vermont- works to achieve economic justice within a sustainable city. Updated frequently.

http://www.foundationcenter.org/

The Foundation Center web site is a comprehensive collection of resources for all types of philanthropy: grants, grant writing, fundraising, foundations, virtual training courses (free). This is an invaluable site for the grant seeker and the fundraiser. 

http://www.treas.gov/cdfi/

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. Government funded programs with descriptions of awards available to private profit and non-profit businesses. Descriptions of goals and available funds. CDFI Quarterly magazine available.

http://www.mcda.org/

Housing and economic development arm of the City of Minneapolis. Offering business assistance, business financing, housing rehab loans, home mortgages and industrial land for sale.

http://www.wkkf.org/

The grants are organized around the W. K. Kellogg Foundation's programming interests -- Health; Food Systems and Rural Development; Youth and Education, and Higher Education; and Philanthropy and Volunteerism. Funding for Leadership; Information Systems/ Technology; Capitalizing on Diversity; and Social and Economic Community Development is woven throughout the above programming interests.

http://www.noyes.org/

The Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is committed to protecting and restoring Earth's natural systems and promoting a sustainable society by strengthening individuals, institutions and communities pledged to pursuing those goals.

http://ctcnet.net/jra/

The Johnstown Redevelopment Authority is experienced in permitting, assembling financial packages, grant applications, and local tax relief to help businesses get started or grow in Johnstown

http://www.ohio.com/nonprofit/acf/index.html

Akron Community Foundation links community resources with community needs by building a permanent endowment fund from donors in the community. From this pool of funds, ACF distributes grants to qualified local nonprofit organizations and institutions that are actively working to improve the quality of life in Greater Akron.

http://www.appalachianohio.org/

The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) is a vehicle to mobilize resources for a long-term, comprehensive approach to addressing the region's most pressing issues through grants for charitable and civic purposes.

http://www.arc.gov/

Appalachian Regional Commission - funds programs in highway and area development. Grants are available and programs they have funded are highlighted

http://www.grass-roots.org

@Grass-roots.org tells the stories of the most innovative grassroots programs in the United States and the local heroes who've found effective ways to build their communities, fix what's broken and make them better. We hope you'll be inspired, and then we hope you'll decide to roll up your sleeves and get involved in your own community, be it in the U.S. or anywhere on Earth.
 

http://www.ci.alameda.ca.us/home/index.html

Shows how the Alameda Base Reuse Advisory Group (BRAG) is developing a Community reuse plan for naval air station Alameda, California. Small site.

http://www.picced.org/

Credible site extensive references for the staff. Provides information of the current community development projects that are being undertaken. Extensive links.

http://www.sf-homeless-coalition.org/

The Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco was organized to garner the active participation of people who are homeless on both the design and critique of public policy and non-profit services that result in permanent solutions to poverty. Several relevant projects are discussed.

http://www.rosies.org/

Rosie's Place - provides a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives.

http://www.innercityhealth.com/

Volunteer based facility committed to care of low income and medically uninsured families.

http://www.sierraclub.org/ico/

Inner City Outings (ICO) is a community outreach program of the Sierra Club that provides low-income, inner city youth with trips to wilderness.

http://www.educatethechildren.org/

A community development initiative that raises funds to help provide books, technology, and supplies in underfunded K-12 schools.

http://www.crg.org/

Community Resource Group Inc. (CRG) is a regional, private non-profit organization helping southern rural communities address water issues, resolve waste disposal problems, provide low income housing, and meet the public transportation needs of northwest Arkansas.

http://www.ncl.org/anr/

Alliance for National Renewal is an initiative involving a unique network of over 150 national and local civic organizations dedicated to renewing America's communities.

http://www.healthycommunities.org/

The Coalition for Healthier Cities and Communities is a partnership of entities from the public, private and non-profit sectors collaborating to focus attention and resources on improving the health and quality of life of communities through community-based development. Works with both international and local organizations. Offers a directory of contacts, stories, events, and other resources from the healthy communities movement in the United States

http://www.familycare.org/index.html

Family Care Foundation - supporting humanitarian and missionary projects to provide emergency services and sustained development for communities, families, and children.

http://www.aecf.org/

The Annie E. Casey Foundation provides grants to public and nonprofit organizations to strengthen the support services, social networks, physical infrastructure, employment, self-determination, and economic vitality of distressed communities. They have projects aimed to transform neighborhoods, improve systems, and promote accountability. See examples of programs that work through the "Families Count" Awards.

http://www.kidsaroundtheworld.com/

Builds colorful playgrounds and parks for kids and their communities.

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