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2. Community development - Wikipedia

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   Community. The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [1] It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities ...

3. Community economic development - Wikipedia

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   Community economic development ( CED) is a field of study that actively elicits community involvement when working with government and private sectors to build strong communities, industries, and markets. [1] It includes collaborative and participatory involvement of community dwellers in every area of development that affects their standard of ...

4. Community Development Block Grant - Wikipedia

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   The Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG ), one of the longest-running programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds local community development activities with the stated goal of providing affordable housing, anti-poverty programs, and infrastructure development. CDBG, like other block grant programs, differ from ...

5. Asset-based community development - Wikipedia

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   The Community Development Program at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research established the Asset-Based Community Development Institute based on three decades of research and community work by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight.

6. Community organization - Wikipedia

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   Community organization includes community work, community projects, community development, community empowerment, community building, and community mobilization. It is a commonly used model for organizing community within community projects, neighborhoods, organizations, voluntary associations, localities, and social networks, which may operate ...

7. Community colleges offer clean energy training as climate ...

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   But community colleges, taking their cues directly from companies in their regions and from state economic development and labor departments, quickly tailor hands-on training, pairing it with ...