How Community Progress Can Help You

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. To that end, our core activities are: policy development, technical assistance and capacity building, research, advocacy, network building and communications. We look forward to hearing about how we can help your community achieve its goals.

OUR AREAS OF WORK INCLUDE

Forging Solutions to Challenges

• Code Enforcement
• Delinquent Property Tax Reform
• Land Banking
• Reuse Strategies
• Vacant Property Registration Initiatives

Sharing Skills and Strategies

• Community Progress Leadership Institute
• Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference
• Land Bank Conference 
• Technical assistance to communities and governments on legislation, advocacy and implementation

Putting It Into Practice

• Code enforcement Baltimore style
• New Jersey cities join forces for neighborhood recovery
• Louisiana communities gear up for systemic approach to abandonment
• New Orleans Vacant Properties Initiative