Journal Article
Beyond neighborhood revitalization
Swenson, Sally; Ney, Chris (2006-01)
After community groups rescue a troubled neighborhood, the area may attract many newcomers?and become expensive. One community shows how to help activists retain the diversity of the towns they work so hard to revitalize.
Communities and Banking , Issue Win , Pages 16-19

Journal Article
Town meets gown: the Massachusetts university-community partnership
Romero, Sofia T. (1999-01)
Sofia T. Romero of Boston College details the formation of a new statewide organization of higher education institutions, committed to reaching out from their campuses and working with their local communities to address mutual concerns.
Communities and Banking , Issue Win , Pages 9-12

Journal Article
Immigrant entrepreneurs: a key to Boston's neighborhood revitalization
Hohn, Marcia (2005-07)
Marcia Drew Hohn from the Immigrant Learning Center shares highlights of a recent study on the impact of immigrant entrepreneurs in three Boston neighborhoods: Allston Village, East Boston, and Fields Corner.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 20-27

Journal Article
Reviving Main Street: two New England case studies
Marcuss, Mamie (2005-01)
For 25 years, the Main Street program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been revitalizing town centers and rejuvenating downtown commercial districts. This article takes a look at the Main Street strategy and examines its success in Boston, Massachusetts, and Littleton, New Hampshire.
Communities and Banking , Issue Win , Pages 3-9

Journal Article
The new community anthology: digital storytelling as a community development strategy
Marcuss, Mamie (2003-10)
Telling their tale through digital media, digital storytellers harness technology to share their experiences and communicate their values. Three community groups in Massachusetts are employing this concept and using digital stories to support their larger community building efforts.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 9-13

Journal Article
We just knock on doors
Arce, Pedro (2008-07)
C&B talks to Pedro Arce, CEO of Veritas Bank. Veritas, a new bank, will work with community groups on development projects and serve the 70 percent Latino population of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in ways that might not be practical for large regional or national banks.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 28-30

Journal Article
Quality of life improves in Brockton: fighting for the City of Champions: a collaboration of community lenders
MacNeil, Leo (2004-07)
For over a decade, community lenders in Brockton, Massachusetts, have been working together to revitalize this urban center. Leo MacNeil reports on the Brockton Housing Partnership's efforts to increase homeownership, improve social services, and build community.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 16-21, 24

Discussion Paper
The case for the community partner in economic development
Hebb, Tessa; Hagerman, Lisa A.; Steiger, Anna (2007)
Community-based organizations promote economic development by assembling investments in affordable housing, mixed-use real estate, community facilities, and small business in specific geographies. A principal way that community-based organizations tap institutional investors for deals is by partnering with investment intermediaries who manage the risk of these transactions by pooling assets, spreading risk across investors, and pricing the transaction up to the associated risk. Such a partnership allows an investment intermediary, or what the industry calls an ?investment vehicle,? to use its ...
Public and Community Affairs Discussion Papers , Paper 2007-5

Journal Article
Immigrant homebuyers & economic revitalization
Hohn, Marcia (2006-07)
A new study in two Massachusetts cities suggests that purchases of homes by immigrants are on the upswing and may be helping to improve inner-city economies.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 6-9

Journal Article
Reviving downtown New England: Westfield, Massachusetts brownfields project
Carter, Becky (1997-10)
Westfield not only looks like other small New England cities, it also shares many of their challenges. Westfield also contains a brownfield site, this one in the middle of its downtown commercial district.
Communities and Banking , Issue Fall , Pages 9