Community Development Innovation Review
The Community Development Innovation Review focuses on bridging the gap between theory and practice, from as many viewpoints as possible. The goal of this journal is to promote cross-sector dialogue around a range of emerging issues and related investments that advance economic resilience and mobility for low- and moderate-income communities.
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Five Roles for Arts, Culture, and Design in Economic Development
Mary Jo Waits, Mary Jo Waits and Associates LLC
Policymakers eager to drive economic growth and innovation are increasingly turning to the arts.
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Arts for the City: Community Arts and Affordability Innovations in San Francisco
Edwin M. Lee and Tom DeCaigny, City of San Francisco
Exploring the many public and private creative placemaking initiatives in the city of San Francisco.
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Creative Placemaking: An Interview With the Ford Foundation
Darren Walker and Xavier de Souza Briggs, Ford Foundation; Laura Callanan, Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
An interview about creative placemaking with leaders at the Ford Foundation.
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Energy to Heal: Health Care, Climate Change, and Community Resilience
Robin Guenther and Gary Cohen
Today, the health care sector has a critical role to play in both reducing climate change effects and improving the resilience of the communities it serves.
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Lenders’ Property Standards and Energy Efficiency: The Vital Link for Affordable Housing
Philip Henderson, Natural Resources Defense Council
Whether housing is, in fact, affordable for an individual or family depends not only on the nominal rent or mortgage payment but also on expenses such as utility payments, transportation costs, and home maintenance.
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Can Cities Lead the Way in Innovative Energy Retrofits for Single-Family Homes?
Dorian Dale, Suffolk County, NY, Will Schweiger, Long Island Green Homes
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 pointed to an era of expanded energy efficiency. The future looked exceedingly energy efficient. However, behind the promise lurked several issues.
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Understanding the True Benefits of both Energy Efficiency and Job Creation
Casey J. Bell, The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
The means through which investment in energy efficiency stimulates net job creation are complex and often misunderstood. In order to increase and maintain support for energy efficiency policies and programs, it is important to flesh out the underlying economic argument and assumptions that drive preliminary analyses.
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Bringing Down Green Financing Costs: How a State-sponsored Bank Might be the Key
Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finance for New York, Office of the Governor
Despite nearly record low interest rates, financing costs for the clean energy sector remain high—not for the largest, utility scale projects—but for smaller projects, including small business and residential.
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Neighborhood Health: A New Framework for Investing in Sustainable Communities
Maggie Super Church, Consultant to the Conservation Law Foundation
Sustainability advocates have historically focused on building-level performance, with a particular emphasis on energy, water, and waste management. This emphasis on the building as a stand-alone structure, separate from its neighborhood context, reflects both the challenges of neighborhood-scale data gathering and the fragmented nature of neighborhood development in the United States.
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Financing Energy Efficiency in Low-Income Multifamily Rental Housing: A Progress Update from the Low Income Investment Fund
Nancy O. Andrews and Dan Rinzler, Low Income Investment Fund
Although markets for retrofitting commercial properties and single family homes are developing, many low-income people are still waiting on the sidelines to partake in benefits.