Reports related to community development. Topics includes community economic development, manufacturing, goods movement, communal gardens, community health and recreation, and community planning.
The Spring 2003 Rutgers Community Development Studio partnered with New Community Corporation (NCC) to explore the impacts of tax revaluation for the organization and its community. The State of New Jersey mandated the revaluation of Newark’s property base and in 2002-3, Certified Valuations, Inc. examined every property in Newark and estimated the market value of […]
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The 2002 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio partnered with New Community Corporation (NCC) to document NCC’s history, vision, and mission. The team produced a report that highlights NCC’s comprehensiveness, strong leadership, flexibility, efforts to engage community voice, its flexibility, its strength in networking and cooperation, and its success in creating and building power. Final Report/ Syllabus
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The Rutgers Bloustein Spring 2001 Community Development Studio partnered with Corinthian Housing Development Corporation and Tri-City Peoples Corporation to explore the potential to create a community health center. The studio marked the continuation of a five-year effort of the Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research and the Rutgers Community Outreach Partnership Center in Newark’s West Side […]
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The 2000 Spring Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio partnered with the West Side Park Conservancy/Friends of West Side Park and the Newark Empowerment Council to develop a community plan for West Side Park, a 35-acre park, located at the heart of Newark’s West Side Park neighborhood. The students toured the West Side neighborhood, immersed themselves in […]
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