Resident-Centered Community Building - What Makes It Different?
In June 2012, forty-one leaders of community building efforts came together to share strategies and discuss lessons they have learned about how to improve conditions in disadvantaged communities.
This report summarizes community builders’ lessons, conclusions, and suggestions for future work. It identifies a set of ingredients that are needed for effective resident-centered community building but does not offer a recipe for putting them together because each community has its own unique history, conditions, capacities, and potential. Rather, the themes introduced here are the basic building blocks that experienced community builders have learned are essential for community work to succeed. It also provides guiding principles for those who support resident-centered community change efforts.
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The Village at Market Creek Art + Design Plan Executive Summary
The Village at Market Creek Art + Design Plan provides residents, community partners, developers, and funders with the vision for an arts and culture district in southeastern San Diego that was identified through a nine-month community process in 2012. The plan outlines common themes that public art in The Village should express, as well as possible art forms and priority locations. The Art + Design Plan also includes design guidelines for future development in The Village, as well as an implementation strategy and recommendations for supporting this vision.
This Executive Summary serves as an overview of the larger Art + Design Plan, which will be available in November 2012.
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2010 Social and Economic Impact Report
April 2012
This comprehensive report takes a multifaceted approach in examining the social and economic impacts to date in the development of The Village at Market Creek.
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Sunsetting: A Framework for Foundation Life as Well as Death
2011
The paper contends when approached in a strategic fashion, sunsetting offers a distinct approach to philanthropy with certain benefits and characteristics. This conclusion is developed through an analysis of four sunsetting foundations.
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Foundation Sunset: A Decision-Making Guide
2011
This guide offers a framework that can help donors and trustees craft such a plan, in a way that is consistent with their particular values, circumstances, and motivations. It does so by identifying overarching areas of decisions for donors and trustees to address, and discussing options within them.
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2009 Social and Economic Impact Report
May 2010
This comprehensive report takes a multifaceted approach in examining the social and economic impacts to date in the development of The Village at Market Creek.
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Quality of Life Survey 2001 & 2007
Feb 2010
The Quality of Life Survey was developed to understand trends in perceptions of community members living in the Diamond Neighborhoods of southeastern San Diego.
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2008 Social and Economic Impact Report
May 2009
This comprehensive report takes a multifaceted approach in examining the social and economic impacts to date in the development of The Village at Market Creek.
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2007 Social and Economic Impact Report
April 2008
This comprehensive report takes a multifaceted approach in examining the social and economic impacts to date in the development of The Village at Market Creek.
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January 2008
The Village at Market Creek has received $30 million of investment to date through this U. S. Treasury department program that seeks to spur investment in urban core communities.
November 2007
This document gives the background of how the CD-IPO was created, provides details about the offering, and illustrates the power of community ownership that followed.
October 2007
Jennifer Vanica, president and CEO of the Jacobs foundations, drafted a brief summary of the Jacobs journey to capture the value of community resources for the benefit of residents of the community. This article was published in report by Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.
Febuary 2007
This earlier report specifically outlines how a $15 million New Markets Tax Credit investment helped fund Market Creek Plaza and made a profound impact on the Diamond Neighborhoods.
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