Neighborhood Development Strategies: Training Manual
Neighborhood Development Strategies: Training Manual
This manual focuses on how neighborhood groups and economic development organizations, together, can use economic development strategies to combat the challenges facing neighborhood economies. It outlines the unique issues facing distressed neighborhoods and suggests problem-solving approaches to address these local needs. It defines the major neighborhood actors, their objectives and strategies for development, and establishes a process for creating a strategic development plan to meet the established goals.

Neighborhood economic development issues are complex. Because neighborhoods include both residents and businesses, dealing with problems such as crime, public school performance, environmental contamination, or affordable housing development are commonly a part of neighborhood agendas. The reader should be aware that these problems are not independent of one another and that a single program, initiative, or development strategy will not solve all problems. All development issues in neighborhoods interrelate, making a holistic or comprehensive community development approach most effective.

At the completion of this manual, you will:

- Be familiar with the major actors in neighborhood economic development;
- Understand the workings of the neighborhood economy;
- Understand the pressing issues in distressed neighborhoods;
- Understand how to begin a basic market study and how to apply it;
- Be able to create a strategic plan for a neighborhood group;
- Be aware of tools to combat inner city unemployment;
- Understand land use issues; and,
- Have the tools to set up a business development program.
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