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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Leading Change: Reflections from Chief Executives of CDI Organizations
Carol Gore, Cook Inlet Housing Authority; Dean Matsubayashi, Little Tokyo Service Center; Primus Wheeler, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation; Joseph Claunch, Zuni Youth Enrichment Project; Jamie Gauthier, Fairmount Parks Conservancy; Kristie Blankenship, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; Facilitated by Jamie Bennett, ArtPlace America
Leaders reflect on what motivated them to incorporate arts and cultural strategies into their agencies, how it changed their approach to leadership, and the differences it made for their communities.
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The Connection between Public Space and Cultural Resources: Reflections on our work in Strawberry Mansion
Martha O’Connell, Keir Johnston, Ernel Martinez, and Linda Fernandez, Amber Art and Design
Community-driven, arts-based facilitation, in partnership with community development organizations, can grow in impact. A holistic process rooted in the arts helped transform an underutilized park into a community space that fosters dialogue and relationship-building.
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CultureBank: A Vision for a New Investment System
Deborah Cullinan, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; Penelope Douglas, CultureBank
Arts organizations should focus on developing the conditions for new futures to emerge. As a society, we must value the essential role the artist plays as a key collaborator in community investment.
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Culture and Creativity Are Fundamental to Resilient Communities
Laurel Blatchford and Nella Young, Enterprise Community Partners
Community development strategies that honor cultural identity and facilitate creative expression—often led by artists, designers, and culture bearers—can increase social cohesion and resilience.
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“The Way We Work”: Integrating Arts and Culture into an Organization
Ashley Hanson, Department of Public Transformation
A rural theater artist partners with Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership and highlights the value of trusting the creative process, taking risks, and investing the necessary time.
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Mimes and Road Construction: An Unlikely Partnership for Community Investment
Enzina Marrari, Kendall|Marrari
What might happen if unlikely partners came together to solve a problem and had room to experiment? MimeSpenard, a creative placemaking project that took place in Anchorage, Alaska answered these questions in black and white. With, well, a pop of red.
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Creative Placemaking in Government: Past and Future
Mary Anne Carter, National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates 10 years of strengthening communities across America through investments and support of creative placemaking projects.
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Ibasho: A Place of Belonging1
Scott Oshima, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
Sustainable Little Tokyo’s project ART@341FSN demonstrates the power of artists and arts-based strategies in advocating for Little Tokyo’s culture, history, and future.
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Dialogue on Organizational Growth and Change
Erica Reed and Mahalia Wright, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation; Chelsea Alger and Ashley Hanson, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership; Facilitated by Victor Rubin, PolicyLink
This conversation explores how the integration of artistic practice into community development efforts spurred personal transformation and organizational growth and change.
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From Zuni Art to The Sky is the Limit!
Daryl Shack, Sr.
An artist’s journey to help center Zuni culture in the design, building, and programming of a park and community center, in the process, transformed and empowered a community to shape their future.