In the Creative Placemaking white paper, Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwan Nicodemus set the framework for Our Town, a funding initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). After examining Our Town projects, Markusen and Nicodemus further explore the practice of creative placemaking -- collecting insights and best practices in Creative Placemaking: How to Do It Well.
Engaging arts and culture in community development can be a regional strategy as well as a hyperlocal one. Mass Inc and ArtSpace examine the benefits that creative placemaking can have for Massachusetts’ “Gateway Cities” -- regional economic drivers outside of the Greater Boston area. While focused on the Massachusetts context, the lessons can be generalized to other parts of the country. Read Building Vibrancy: Creative Placemaking Strategies for City Growth and Renewal.
NACEDA highlights the power of networks, and activating engaged networks is vital to creative placemaking practice no less than other community development focuses. The Monitor Institute takes a funder's position to explore the necessity of networks and how to catalyze diverse actors to connect people, ideas, and resources. Read Catalyzing Networks for Social Change.
Opening a children’s museum seems an unlikely endeavor for a health care system. So does establishing a trendy restaurant district. But these are just two of the innovative strategies financed in recent years by Catholic health systems seeking to spur economic development and improve well-being in the low-income communities they serve. Read the Crosswalks Magazine article.
Hospitals and health care providers in Vermont are using the Health Care Share program to "prescribe" fresh vegetables through farm shares and to educate patients about nutrition. The University of Vermont Medical Center shares its experience in The Root of Good Health: Fresh Food.
Community development improves people's health. And, the healthcare industry is increasingly taking notice of community development's impact on the social determinants of health. People & Places 2017 featured focused on on the how community development and healthcare fields are partnering to improve health and opportunity.
Find the health and community development organizations nearest to you. Partner Finder helps you take the first steps to identify potential cross-sector partners in improving the health and well-being of your community. Access the Build Healthy Places Network's Partner Finder.
These toolkits help hospitals and health systems build community wealth through inclusive hiring, investment, and purchasing — and give community developers insights on how to develop partnerships with hospitals. Access the Hospitals Aligned for Healthy Communities Toolkits.
Two days after Donald Trump was elected president, members of the NACEDA network came together for a strategic communications training. Nina Arce of the Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey says the timing couldn't have been more perfect.
November 22, 2016
JPMorgan Chase's Naomi Camper and NACEDA's Frank Woodruff examine how community development networks can provide the long-term infrastructure needed to improve places and access to opportunity.
November 18, 2016
Structural racism is a pollutant that threatens the community development ecosystem. How can we confront and defeat this dangerous pollutant? This blog by Joe Kriesberg of the Massachusetts Association of CDCs is part of the Living Cities series, “Closing the Racial Gaps: Together We Can.”
November 9, 2016
The Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities wanted to learn how things like walkability, access to primary care physicians, housing costs, and poverty rates looked across the state. So, they mapped 15 health indicators by zip code to identify health disparities and opportunities for positive impact.
November 1, 2016
NACEDA's Theory of Change and Logic Model outline how the health and community development sectors can collaborate to maximize resources and build healthier places with community credibility.
Pedro Cons of Chicanos Por La Causa "shot for the moon" and launched a stellar partnership with UnitedHealthcare that's improving homes, health, and opportunity in Phoenix's Maryvale neighborhood.
September 30, 2016
Community development plays an integral role in America’s efforts to improve health equity, asserts the directors of the Build Healthy Places Network.
August 16, 2016
Vincent Tufo of Charter Oaks Communities and Pam Koprowski of Stamford Hospital forged a partnership in Stamford, Connecticut – the Vita Health & Wellness District. As the Affordable Care Act requires nonprofit hospitals to play a role in preventing disease, Vita stands out as a national model.
July 8, 2016
Pedro Cons of Chicanos Por La Causa "shot for the moon" and launched a stellar partnership with UnitedHealthcare that's improving homes, health, and opportunity in Phoenix's Maryvale neighborhood.
September 30, 2016
NACEDA Executive Director Frank Woodruff sees how government and nonprofits cooperate to increase prosperity – and fun – in Michigan's capital city. This is Frank's last stop in his Goldilocks-themed tour of Michigan.
September 22, 2016
NACEDA and Americans for the Arts selected three partnerships to leverage the power of arts, culture and creativity to revitalize communities.
September 19, 2016
