Community Development

East Harlem Gets $10K Grant to Preserve Nation's First Little Italy

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11/11/2016

The Pleasant Avenue area in East Harlem got a $10,000 grant Thursday from the The New York State Council on the Arts and the Preservation League of New York State to survey the area.

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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation President Says Modern Water Infrastructure Is Critical For NJ's Economic Growth

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11/07/2016

No one solution will be sufficient for a problem so large and complex, and fortunately, a new coalition of organizations and individuals with a vested interest in upgraded water infrastructure is working on a broad range of approaches.

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice, economic justice and/ or...

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Nathan Cummings Foundation Launches 2017 Fellowship Program

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11/04/2016

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the fourth cycle of the Nathan Cummings Foundation Fellowship, which provides three individuals with up to $150,000 each to pursue a visionary social justice...

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Mayor De Blasio Says City Has to Grow Taller and Denser Despite Anti-Development Attitudes As Population Rises

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11/02/2016

Relentless growth fueled by immigration, people arriving from other parts of the country and more residents simply staying put will push an already swelling population past the 9 million mark in the decade beginning 2030.

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Study Supported by Surdna Shows Tech Companies Exploit Public Subsidies

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10/25/2016

States and localities are giving cash-rich tech giants an average of $2 million per job for data centers the companies must build to run “the cloud.

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Sixteen Cities Join Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities Initiative

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10/24/2016

Since April 2015, the program has assisted 90 mayors and 1,700 city employees share best practices regarding analytics and data-driven decision making.

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Mastercard's Singh on How Companies Can Help Cities Close the Data Gap

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10/21/2016

Data-rich businesses are positioned to help their communities. Shamina Singh, President of the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, says it's an opportunity for data philanthropy.

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JPMorgan Chase Commits $20 Million to Revitalize Neighborhoods in Five U.S. Cities

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10/21/2016

JPMorgan Chase starts collaborative partnerships in Detroit, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, and New York to develop solutions for distressed neighborhoods.

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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Winners of 2016 Jane Jacobs Medal

Release Date:

10/04/2016

In celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Jacobs' birth and the impact of her ideas on cities around the world, the award was open this year for the first time to international nominees.