community development
Who Is the “Neighborhood” in Neighborhood Improvement Efforts?
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A new study finds that California’s business improvement and community benefit districts often work against the interests of those who are homeless.
municipal relations
Will Cities and Nonprofits Choose Amazon or Local Business?
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Local governments—and also large nonprofits like hospitals and universities—face a choice. They can either design contracts in ways that privilege purchasing from large, often out-of-state companies, or they can buy from local businesses that reinvest in their communities.
Nonprofit News
Why Tax Incentives to Big Business Should be Interrogated by Local Nonprofits
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Next time your local city council or state legislature cries, “No resources,” you might want to consider giving these economic development deals in your own community a closer look. Is the money well spent, or is the public being shafted?
Nonprofit Management
A Nonprofit Option for this County-Owned Nursing Home?
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An Illinois county is finding out it’s easier to decide to get rid of its nursing home than it is to actually get it done.
Nonprofit Management
Close Quarters: Nonprofit Leaves One Florida City with a Big Debt
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The city of Margate had been advancing funds to the Alzheimer’s Family Center for years, but not getting reimbursed—and now the agency has left town.
Nonprofit News
How Crowdfunding Has Been Used to Rebuild Ferguson Businesses
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More than 25 Ferguson-area businesses have raised a combined $447,198 on GoFundMe.