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Mixed-Use Real Estate Finance

[ September 14, 2010; September 15, 2010; September 16, 2010; ] Training Provided by: The National Development Council
Sponsored by: Citi

Date:  September 14-16, 2010
Location: United Church Conference Center (One Badger Rd. Framingham, MA)
Registration Fees:
MACDC Member Organizations- $150
Non-MACDC Member Organizations- $300

Neighborhoods are at their best when “ Main Street ” pulses with the activities that bring a community alive—residential, retail, entertainment, services, public facilities and common areas.  Older [...]

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July 6th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Clearinghouse, Upcoming Events | Leave a comment

Community Development 101

[ September 24, 2010; 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] An Introduction to Community and Economic Development

Date:  September 24, 2010
Time:  9:30am – 4:30pm
Location: Urban Edge, 1542 Columbus Ave. Roxbury, MA 02119

The Mel King Institute for Community Building is sponsoring a Full-Day Introduction to Community Development course on September 24th. This training course is intended to support new community development employees, interns, volunteers, and participants by providing a [...]

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July 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Upcoming Events | Leave a comment

FY11 Peer-To-Peer Technical Assistance Program

DHCD Program Description
The Division of Community Services provides small grants to CDBG non-entitlement communities for short-term problem solving or technical assistance projects.  Municipalities may apply for grants of up to $1000 to pay for up to 30 hours ($900) of technical assistance and up to $100 for reimbursement of travel, photocopying and/or the cost of [...]

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June 28th, 2010 | Category: Clearinghouse | Leave a comment

Cooperative Development Institute: Northeast Center for Cooperative Business

Summer and Fall Events 2010
http://www.cdi.coop/blog/?q=node/66
US Social Forum 2010: Another World is Possible. Another US is Necessary.
June 22-26, Detroit, MI
The US Social Forum (USSF) is a movement building process. It is not a
 conference but it is a space to come up with the peoples’ solutions to the 
economic and ecological crisis. The USSF is the next [...]

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June 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Clearinghouse | Leave a comment

Roger Williams University: Partnership for Community Development

On-line Course Launch for Summer 2010
This summer Roger Williams University will offer the flagship core course-Elements and Issues in Community Development- in an on-line format. Previously all course work was done in-class and this summer they are launching an on-line version to be more convenient for our local students and to introduce the program to those at [...]

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May 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Clearinghouse | Leave a comment

Mel King Institute 1st Anniversary Celebration & Innovation Forum Highlights

The Mel King Institute for Community Building celebrated it’s 1st Anniversary on Thursday, June 24 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.  Over 150 community development practitioners for across the state came to support innovative thought and leadership within the field, discuss the current state of housing policy and affordable housing in Massachusetts, [...]

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May 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Past Events | Leave a comment

Boston Center for Community & Justice

Now Recruiting: LeadBoston & Inlt Classes of 2010
LeadBoston
Since 1991 LeadBoston has been developing leaders who are connected across sectors, knowledgeable about diversity, aware of neighborhood realties, and committed to social responsibility.
LeadBoston creates changemakers.
For questions about the program, please contact:
Todd Fry, Program Director
617-451-5010 x12
TFry@BostonCCJ.org
Apply Now
Inlt
Delegates return from the summer “Intl Immersion Week” with plans for action [...]

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April 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Clearinghouse | Leave a comment

MIT Community Innovators Lab

The Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) is a center for research and practice within the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)
CoLab supports the development and use of knowledge from excluded communities to deepen civic engagement, improve community practice, inform policy, mobilize community assets, and generate shared wealth.
They believe that community knowledge can drive powerful [...]

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March 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Clearinghouse | Leave a comment

The Institute for Comprehensive Community Development

The Institute for Comprehensive Community Development was established to advance the field of comprehensive community development and the positive impact it has in urban and rural communities across the country.  They do this by:

Building the capacity of community development practitioners;
Providing on-site support and technical assistance to comprehensive community development initiatives in  cities across the U.S.;
Applying [...]

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March 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Boston

The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network Boston Chapter was founded in the fall of 2006 to provide support and resources for young professionals working in the local nonprofit community. YNPN Boston has since become one of the leading resources that connect nonprofit professionals to professional development and networking opportunities. YNPN Boston values diversity and inclusion, and raises [...]

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March 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Clearinghouse | Leave a comment

Twenty-First Century Chain of Change

Date:  March 26, 2010
Time:  8:30am-3:30pm
Location:  Amilcar Cabral Memorial Student Center (Northeastern University)
Twenty-First Century Chain of Change is a conference which brings together an expansive panel of leading theorists and scholars with pioneering activists, economists and policy-makers.  The new millennium has ushered in an abundance of opportunities for urban communities as well as an ever-growing and [...]

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March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Upcoming Events | Leave a comment

Developing Successful Community Organizing Strategies and Campaigns

Date:  Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Time:  9:30am – 3:00pm
Location:  Madison Park Development Corporation, Smith House
(757 Shawmut Ave. Roxbury, MA 02119)
“Developing Successful Organizing Strategies and Campaigns” will build on the success of our previous workshop “Basics of Community Organizing,” by providing organizers and other Community Organization staff and leaders with practical tools that they need to carry [...]

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February 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Past Events | Leave a comment
 
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