Journal Article

Anchor Institutions: Addressing Community Needs

Abstract: How can anchor institutions catalyze change and positively impact the neighborhoods and communities that surround them? In her 20 years of research, Kathryn Edin, distinguished professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University, has chronicled the loss of the rich network of neighborhood institutions that knit communities together and create ?social cohesion.?

Keywords: development; community;

Bibliographic Information

Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Part of Series: Cascade

Publication Date: 2016-01

Volume: 4

Order Number: 94