April 2008 Updates 
Steve Dubb, CDCs Confront the Foreclosure Crisis: NACEDA 2nd Annual Summit and Policy Conference, College Park, MD: The Democracy Collaborative, April 2008.
article-dubb-naceda08.pdf (120KB)
Steve Dubb, Conference Addresses Challenges, Opportunities In America’s Older Cities: Reinventing Older Communities, 3rd Biennial Conference–Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Community Affairs Department. College Park, MD: The Democracy Collaborative, April 2008.
article-dubb-reinventing.pdf (128KB)
Steve Dubb, Conference Aims to Consolidate Smart Growth Principles in Public Policy: New Partners for Smart Growth, 7th Annual Conference, College Park, MD: The Democracy Collaborative, March 2008.
article-dubb-smart-growth.pdf (105KB)
James Flanigan, “Entrepreneurial Edge: Small Businesses Offer Alternatives to Gang Life,” New York Times, March 20, 2008.
article-flanigan08.pdf (460KB)
Judy Newman, “Balancing the Cost: Shared equity home ownership addresses affordable housing needs,” On Common Ground, Winter 2008, pp. 10-15.
article-newman.pdf (855KB)
Ken Reardon, “Rebuilding a Community: Lessons for New Orleans,” Communities & Banking, spring 2008, pp. 13-15.
article-reardon08.pdf (955KB)
Randy Shore, “Translink's $1.5B real estate empire: Authority to buy properties along rapid transit routes and form partnerships with developers,” Vancouver Sun, March 19, 2008.
article-shore.pdf (155KB)
Michael Swack, “Expanding Philanthropy’s Reach: Mission-Related Investing at the F.B. Heron Foundation,” Communities & Banking, spring 2008, pp. 28-30.
article-swack08.pdf (485KB)
Susan M. Wachter, Kevin C. Gillen, and Carolyn R. Brown, “Green Investment Strategies: A Positive Force in Cities,” Communities & Banking, spring 2008, pp. 24-27.
article-wachter-et-al.pdf (1.8MB)
Reid Ewing, Keith Bartholomew, Steve Winkelman, Jerry Walters and Don Chen, “Overview,” Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2008.
chapter-ewing-et-al.pdf (7.4MB)
Steve Dubb, Interview of Eric Weaver, Executive Director, Lenders for Community Development of San Jose, CA. College Park, MD: The Democracy Collaborative, September 2007.
interview-weaver.pdf (180KB)
Gregory D. Squires, Do Subprime Loans Create Subprime Cities? Surging inequality and the rise in predatory lending, EPI Briefing Paper no. 197, Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, February 28, 2008.
paper-squires.pdf (255KB)
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January 2008 Updates
Gar Alperovitz, Steve Dubb, and Ted Howard, “New Approaches
Are Needed to Curb Poverty,” The Chronicle of Philanthropy,
volume 20, no. 3, November 2007.
article-alperovitz-et-al.pdf
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Austin Burke and Sondra Myers, Scranton Community Wealth-Building
Initiative Gains Momentum, Scranton, PA: Greater Scranton
Chamber of Commerce and Scranton University, December 20,
2007.
article-burke-myers.pdf
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Steve Dubb, OFN: Developing the Next Generation of Community
Development Finance, College Park, MD: The Democracy Collaborative,
January 2008.
article-dubb-ofn.pdf
(100KB)
Sean D. Hamill, “Medical Center to Support Tuition
Fund in Pittsburgh,” New York Times, December 5, 2007.
article-hamill.pdf
(64KB)
Rick Mattoon, “Do Colleges and Universities Have a
Role in Local and Regional Economic Development?” Profitwise
News & Views, October 2007, pp. 1-4.
article-mattoon.pdf
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Linda Watkins, “Providence Business Uplifts the Poor,”
Communities & Banking, January 2008, pp. 29-31.
article-watkins.pdf
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Steve Dubb, Interview of Maggie DeSantis, President, Warren
Conner Development Corporation (Detroit, MI), College Park,
MD: The Democracy Collaborative, September 2007.
interview-desantis.pdf
(148KB)
Anna Steiger, Tessa Hebb, and Lisa Hagerman, The Case for
the Community Partner in Economic Development, Community Affairs,
Discussion Paper 07-5, Boston, MA: Federal Reserve of Boston,
November 2007.
paper-steiger-et-al.pdf
(664KB)
Dafina Williams, The NEXT Opportunity: Leveraging Opportunity
Finance through State Legislation, Philadelphia, PA: Opportunity
Finance Network, November 2007.
paper-williams.pdf
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Alan Berube, Metro Nation: How U.S. Metropolitan Areas Fuel
American Prosperity, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution,
Metropolitan Policy Program, 2007.
report-berube.pdf
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Sarena D. Seifer and Annika R. Sgambelluri, editors, Partnership
Perspectives, vol. 4, no. 1, Seattle, WA: Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health, 2007.
report-seifer-et-al.pdf
(6.1MB)
Andrew M. Wolk, Social Entrepreneurship & Government:
A New Breed of Entrepreneurs Developing Solutions to Social
Problems, Cambridge, MA: Root Cause, 2007.
report-wolk.pdf
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