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The following resources describe governmental and other efforts to foster neighborhood development.

  • Review of Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives
    Summary of major revitalization efforts that have taken place on a national or multi-city level and references for each initiative.


  • Transforming Community Development with Land Information Systems
    Includes five case studies from Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. that illustrate the use of new technology in facilitating revitalization, improving vacant lots, building on affordable housing initiatives, heading off foreclosures, or integrating neighborhood efforts into a larger regional framework.


  • Urban Revitalization
    This paper offers a model of how weak market cities can build better futures through housing strategies that create neighborhoods of choice.


  • HOME and Neighborhoods: A Guide to Comprehensive Revitalization Techniques
    Explores ways that HOME participating jurisdictions (PJs) can use HOME funds to meet local community revitalization goals.


  • Interim Homeownership Zone Evaluation
    Describes lessons from 11 Homeownership Zones that can guide other communities that hope to use concentrated mixed-income homeownership to revitalize deteriorated areas.


  • Chicago New Communities
    A long-term initiative in 16 Chicago neighborhoods that supports comprehensive community development based on quality-of-life planning.


  • Charlotte Neighborhood Quality Of Life Study
    Evaluates Charlotte's neighborhoods based on social, crime, economic and physical conditions and converts the individual statistical scores into three neighborhood-ranking categories ... "stable," "threatened," and "fragile" for each Neighborhood Statistical Area.


  • Indianapolis Great Indy Neighborhood Initiative
    Resources include a step-by-step guide to creating and implementing a quality-of-life plan in your neighborhood and six neighborhood plans.
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