Research and Publications
Reports, presentations, and projects completed by our researchers.Featured Research Briefs
Technology and Food Pantry Management
Attracting and Retaining Volunteers
Language and Cultural Differences
Food Pantry Practices during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Publications
Rebuilding Communities from the Ground Up
The 2010 Rutgers Bloustein School Community Development Studio worked with Episcopal Community Development, a non‐profit organization in Newark, to better understand the neighborhood context of foreclosure and to consider approaches for neighborhood revitalization.
Rezoning NYC: Lower East Side and Coney Island
The 2009 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio explored the effects of rezoning in the Lower East Side and Coney Island in partnership with the New York Community Council (NYCC), a nonprofit coalition of organizations that is interested in better understanding the effects of rezoning in the city.
Home Mortgage Foreclosures
The 2008 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio partnered with the Essex-Newark Foreclosure Task Force, formed in 2007 and comprised of more than 40 representatives from municipal, county,...
Gentrification and Rezoning: Williamsburg-Greenpoint
The 2007 Rutgers Bloustein Spring Community Development Studio partnered with the New York Community Council, a coalition of advocacy organizations, that is concerned about the rapid pace of gentrification and development.
Mortgage Market Transformations and Foreclosure
The 2006 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio worked with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, an advocacy and research organization in Newark.
Community Food Assessment of Trenton
The 2005 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio partnered with Isles, Inc., a community development corporation in Trenton that has worked with residents of Trenton for nearly a quarter...
Building Community Development Capacity: New Community Corporation
The 2004 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio partnered with Newark’s New Community Corporation (NCC).
Mapping the Future of Community Development: Newark’s Tax Revaluation and New Community Corporation
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...
Building Community: The Work of New Community Corporation
The 2002 Rutgers Bloustein Community Development Studio partnered with New Community Corporation (NCC) to document NCC’s history, vision, and mission.
A Health Center in West Side Park?
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.
West Side Park, Newark: A Three Phase Redevelopment Plan
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.