Collective Impact in the Lehigh Valley
For the Rider-Pool Foundation, the goal was simple: how could they use the ongoing economic development to spur movement for community development, as well?
For the Rider-Pool Foundation, the goal was simple: how could they use the ongoing economic development to spur movement for community development, as well?
Roanoke, Virginia’s West End neighborhood was recently typified by high rates of crime, poverty, poor health outcomes, and financial insecurity. The Freedom First Credit Union decided to finance the city’s rejuvenation efforts to stabilize the most at-risk households in the neighborhood.
We have seen countless innovative and impactful programs rise up from the local level, whether it’s working to reduce health disparities or to improve food access. That’s often where the most meaningful work happens. Just take a look at the mobile food […]
For the U.S., creating one “land of opportunity” means building from the neighborhood on up.
From working collaboratively to forging new private-public partnerships, 100 Million Healthier Lives aims to accelerate the health improvements that can transform systems and societies.
If you live in a very large or very small community you might have no difficulty answering the question “Are you rural”? But if you’re like many of us here on the Commons team, you live somewhere in between.
It was 1994-1995 when a group of civic leaders, under the name of Scranton Tomorrow, concluded it was time for a new way to approach the region’s future. Inspired by several other communities using a Healthier Communities process, they launched Forging the Future.
Emerging research emphasizes the importance of identifying assets in a community and partnering with them to enhance community change efforts.
Leaders can leverage GIS to get a complete picture by viewing, mapping, sharing, analyzing, and acting on information about their community.
Shortly after the bus eased into its parking space outside the Lawndale Christian Health Center, Carolyn Peterson hurried on. But instead of seats for passengers, the bus — a rehabbed CTA 40-footer — was equipped with shelves and coolers of […]