News & Blogs
Second Community Workday a Success!
October 2, 2020
[widgetkit id=”6″ name=”September Stormwater”] The second Buffalo Creek workday took place on September 19th in the Cottage Grove neighborhood with a great turnout. The workday supports the goal of raising awareness of environmental issues and improving the conditions of the creek. The workday is part of a larger program … Continued
Community Workday at S. Buffalo Creek
July 16, 2020
Second Community Workday is Just Around the Corner Buffalo Creek’s s first workday took place on June 20th in the Cottage Grove neighborhood with a great turnout. The project’s goal of improving the environmental conditions of the quality of water in the creek seems to be right on track. Community … Continued
NLC Keeping Families Housed Webinar Recording
July 2, 2020
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES WEBINAR How Cities Can Help Renters Navigate the Eviction Cliff With COVID-19 forcing millions of Americans into unemployment and temporary eviction moratoria about to expire as emergency orders end, renter households are in jeopardy of evictions. This webinar will highlight how two different regions of the … Continued
WRRI Annual Conference 2020 Virtual Session
July 2, 2020
Fostering engagement in the Cottage Grove neighborhood through community involvement in riparian cleanup to enhance stormwater quality Tatiana Height (Project Coordinator) and Stephen Sills (PI) UNC-Greensboro Center for Housing and Community Studies Direct Correspondences to: [email protected] This community engaged project with residents of the Cottage Grove neighborhood in East Greensboro, … Continued
Eviction & Rental Assistance in the time of COVID19
July 2, 2020
A White Paper by Bruce Rich, Center for Housing & Community Studies Before the pandemic, Greensboro’s renters were being evicted at an alarming rate, and this was in an economic environment marked by years of expansion and low unemployment. Sustained strong economic activity, though great for some, drove rents up … Continued
Invest Health Cross Team Visit – Spokane
March 27, 2020
INVEST HEALTH SUMMIT SHOWCASES SPOKANE’S COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT By Craig Howard, Community Relations-Development Manager, Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP) The gathering in Spokane lasted less than three full days but the positive impact is still reverberating in places like Greensboro, North Carolina and Grand Rapids, Michigan. On Feb. 25-27, Spokane hosted … Continued
Affordable and Healthy Homes
March 19, 2020
Addressing the intertwined issues of housing affordability and healthy living environments calls for a coordinated, multi-prong, systemic approach; one that brings together community members, developers, state and local governments, health care providers, philanthropy advocates, and other stakeholders. North Carolina has the opportunity to change the current system that has resulted … Continued