Listening To The Community

Hope Community Inc. organized residents to discuss and plan the future of a local park, allowing them to control the change in their neighborhood.

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July 19, 2005, 6:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

A CDC decided that if it was to successfully redevelop the section of Minneapolis it served, it had to get the people who lived there deeply involved in the process. Through a series of listening sessions and the redesign of a local park, residents who participated have become much more engaged in their community.

Thanks to David Holtzman

FULL STORY: Listening to the Community

Monday, July 18, 2005 in Shelterforce Online

Community / Economic Development United States

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