Community Progress hosts and partners to provide trainings and other educational events around the country. Here, you’ll find information about our upcoming events, including registration (if applicable), as well as the events of partner organizations.
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June Webinars
Jun 24, 2021 12:00 PM Eastern Time
Since 2010, more than 200 land banks and land banking initiatives have launched across the United States. Interest in the work of these diverse entities continues to grow rapidly. In response, Community Progress has established the National Land Bank Network (NLBN) as a space for land bank leaders from across the nation to connect, share new and innovative tactics, and discuss strategies for addressing the challenges land banks face both in their day-to-day operation and as a tool for advancing equitable development outcomes. As part of its launch, NLBN conducted a nationwide survey of land banks earlier this year. This webinar will provide an opportunity to introduce the new network and share some of the early findings that have emerged from this effort.
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
• Learn more about the purpose and early goals of the newly formed network
• Get a sneak peek at NLBN’s early survey findings
• Hear about the cutting-edge work member organizations are engaged in
Speaker: Brian Larkin – Director of the National Land Bank Network, Center for Community Progress
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Past Cornerstone Webinar Recordings
April 2021: Prioritizing Repair Support for Financially Struggling Property Owners
Presenter: Payton Heins – Director of Michigan Initiatives, Center for Community Progress
March 2021: Land Banks 101: The Fundamentals of Land Banking and Equitable Development
Presenter: Tarik Abdelazim – Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress
September 2020: COVID-19 Recovery – The Future of America’s Communities & Today’s Equity Opportunity
Presenters: Alan Mallach - Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress; Brandi Mack - Executive Director of Community Engagement, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces; and Christopher Coes - Vice President for Land Use and Development, Smart Growth America
Moderator: Jovan Hackley - Director of Communications, Center for Community Progress
August 2020: Black Middle Neighborhoods in Legacy Cities: Part 1 – Challenges and Opportunities
Presenters: Alan Mallach - Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress; Nedra Sims Fears - Executive Director of Greater Chatham Initiative
June 2020: Community Leadership: Moving from Grassroots to Scalable Community Change
Presenters: Liz Kozub – Assistant Director of National Leadership and Education, Center for Community Progress; Tyrell Anderson - President and Founder, Decay Devils Inc.; Kelly Anoe - Vice President, Legacy Foundation; and Nina Burton - Executive Director, Woodland Child Development Center
June 2020: Land Banks, Land Banking Programs, and COVID-19: Strategic Considerations for a Long-Term, Equitable Recovery
Presenter: Kim Graziani – Vice President and Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress
May 2020: Strategic Code Enforcement: A Critical Tool for Supporting COVID-19 Neighborhood Response
Presenter: Matt Kreis – General Counsel, Center for Community Progress
May 2020: Federal Policy Update to COVID-19
Presenter: Rob Finn – Director of Policy and Research, Center for Community Progress
April 2020: After the COVID-19 Emergency: What’s Next for Middle Neighborhoods? recording and webinar presentation slides
Presenter: Alan Mallach – Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress
February 2020: Land Banks 101 The Fundamentals of Land Banking and Equitable Development
Presenter: Kim Graziani – Vice President and Director of National Technical Assistance
November 2019: Trends in Creative Placemaking on Problem Properties
Presenters: Liz Kozub - Associate Director of National Leadership and Education, Center for Community Progress; Rachel Engh - Conductor of Curiosity, Metris Arts Consulting; and Linda Steele, ArtUp
October 2019: Bringing Nature to Communities: The Role of Land Conservancies in Addressing Vacant Properties recording and webinar presentation slides (Please note that some of the slides do not appear completely in the recording so be sure to have them in front of you when viewing.)
Presenters: Zachary Branigan, Executive Director, Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy; Ted Lind, Director of Community Conservation, Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy
August 2019: Myth Busting Shared Equity Homeownership in Weak Market Cities
Presenters: Beth Sorce – Director of Capacity Building, Grounded Solutions Network and India Walton – Executive Director, F.B. Community Land Trust
July 2019: Strengthening the Middle: Challenges and Strategies for Rebuilding Middle Neighborhoods
Presenter: Alan Mallach - Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress
April 2019: Planting Refuge Violence Prevention Through Vacant Property Greening
Presenters: Alison Grodzinski, Managing Director - Prevention Research Center of Michigan/Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, and Michelle Kondo, PhD, Research Social Scientist - USDA Forest Service, Philadelphia Field Station
March 2019: Land Banks and Land Banking 101
Presenter: Tarik Abdelazim, Associate Director of National Technical Assistance, Center for Community Progress
February 2019: Communities at Risk: Understanding the Challenges Facing Middle Neighborhoods
Presenter: Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow, Center for Community Progress
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If you have any questions or topic suggestions for Cornerstone webinars, we want to hear them! Please contact Justin Godard at jgodard@communityprogress.net.
Support from Bank of America makes the Cornerstone webinar series possible.
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Community Progress Leadership Institute 03/15/11Event Date: March 15-18, 2011
Category: Community Progress Event
Vacant and abandoned properties, the result of the demographic and economic changes the country has undergone over the past decades, adversely affect communities in many ways: physically, economically and even emotionally. If our cities, towns and metro areas – and the people within them – are to achieve their full potential, we must rethink and repurpose the abandoned buildings, houses and land that are the visible signs of change and, too often, neglect.
The Center for Community Progress, in partnership with the Cambridge Leadership Associates, provided intensive training and technical assistance for communities from four states on a variety of land reform concepts intended to unlock the value of forgotten urban land.
The training, conducted at Harvard University, explored the impact of abandonment on the urban landscape and the current housing crisis and its connection to the land use challenges in our cities. Exploring specific strategies to gain control over and redevelop abandoned property and taking into account the tremendous difficulty associated with public policy in this area, the Harvard sessions included a specific focus on the public leadership challenges that state and local officials must overcome in creating strategies for productive reuse and revitalization.
This intensive seminar will be followed by on-site technical assistance visits, which will be tailored to each community in order to assist with the strategy building and community outreach necessary to implement the various avenues of reform covered in the classroom sessions.
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