Rebuilding Communities The Public Trust Way

Download or read book Rebuilding Communities the Public Trust Way written by Jeffrey S. Lowe and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebuilding Communities the Public Trust Way highlights cases of community foundation assistance to Community Development Corporations (CDCs) during the final two decades of the twentieth century in Cleveland, Ohio; Florida; and New Orleans, Louisiana. Author Jeffrey S. Lowe describes the influence of these three community foundations on CDC capacity to engage in activities that facilitate the revitalization of urban communities and provides recommendations for other community foundations and policymakers seeking to work with CDCs. This is an essential read for persons involved in the fields of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations and scholars of community development, urban history, and social policy.