What We Do

Community Progress exists to help meet the growing need in America’s cities and towns for effective, sustainable solutions to turn vacant, abandoned, and problem properties into vibrant places.

Our Core Activities

policy development
technical assistance and capacity building
research
coalition building
advocacy
communications

Community Progress operates three offices that support the focus on the relationships between national, state, and local policy and implementation — one in Washington, DC; one in Flint, Michigan; and one in New Orleans, Louisiana. The DC office connects our work to national policymakers and allied organizations around the country, and analyzes national trends. The Flint and New Orleans locations provide the organization with real-life application and “grounding” of our work. The Flint office serves as the base of our technical assistance and capacity development division of the organization. The New Orleans office is home to the New Orleans Vacant Properties Initiative. We continue to explore other models for national, state, and local partnerships.

Stay connected with CommunityProgress.net for more information about our Current Campaigns; Local, State, and Federal Work, and Policy Development; Research; and Advocacy Efforts.

History

Community Progress builds from the work of a number of the nation’s leading vacant property revitalization advocates, including the National Vacant Properties Campaign and the Genesee Institute.

Funders

Initial funding to launch Community Progress has come from the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. We are also grateful for support from Enterprise Community Partners, Fannie Mae, the Greater New Orleans Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and the Surdna Foundation.