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December 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal seeks to reduce social isolation in distressed areas of Shreveport, La., and adjacent Bossier City and to disseminate its model of renewal to other cities.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
The position of community coordinator is a demanding one that can take an emotional toll, says Michael B. Leonard, D.D.S., associate coordinator of Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
Stacy Davis is a resident of Shreveport's Cedar Grove neighborhood who had - past tense, he makes plain - a rough life on the streets.
December 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
The sign reads 'Cedar Grove Garden of Love,' and on this bright spring day 79-year-old Margaret Myles is planting marigolds. "I want this place to be the prettiest place in the community," says Myles as she finishes her work.
October 17, 2008 | Program Result Report
The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
March 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
New Jersey mayors play a key role in decisions regarding land use planning and design in their communities yet, many lack good information about the connection between community design and public health.
June 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The California Center gathered and prepared a group of 31 teens to participate in the 2003 Smart Growth Network conference on community planning and design.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government conducted the Urban Neighborhoods and Community Capacity Building Study, which focused on social capital: Sociocultural ties and civic infrastructure.
June 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
Friends of the Community Path, a Somerville, Mass., citizens' group, helped raise funds to design a new 2.5-mile extension of a bicycle and pedestrian pathway that, when completed, will connect a popular commuter bikeway to downtown Boston.
November 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
New Jersey Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and advocacy organization, developed a special "Creating Healthy Communities" section on its Smart Growth Gateway Web site (no longer in existence) in April 2003.