ARCHIVE: Technical Assistance Scholarship Program
In 2014, Community Progress launched the Technical Assistance Scholarship Program (TASP) to find and support the field’s pioneers and “changemakers,” in order to both improve the national field of practice and effect local positive change. Thanks to the generous support from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, TASP was designed as a competitive, merit-based scholarship program for select communities that were ready to engage in a forward-thinking technical assistance process to assess, reform, develop, and/or implement systems to address large-scale vacancy and abandonment in their communities. Over five years (2014 – 2018), TASP supported 16 communities in designing innovative solutions to the challenges posed by vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties.
Below, we provide a full archive of all 16 past scholarship recipients to serve as a resource for the national field of practice and to share the innovative work supported by TASP over the years. Where available, each city's name links to the tailored final report Community Progress produced through the TASP engagement. If you would like more information about any of these projects, please reach out to Tarik Abdelazim, Associate Director of National Technical Assistance, at tabdelazim@communityprogress.net.
2017 TASP ProjectsAlbany, New York. Focus Areas: Land Banking and Community Partnerships; Vacant Land Maintenance and Reuse; Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Vacancy and Abandonment Huntington, West Virginia. Focus Areas: Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Systems Memphis, Tennessee. Focus Areas: Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Systems; Strategic Code Enforcement; Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Vacancy and Abandonment
Round 4 TASP Projects: 2016Baltimore, Maryland. Focus Area: Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Systems
High Point, North Carolina. Focus Areas: Strategic Code Enforcement; Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Systems; Data Systems; Community Education and Partnerships
Rockford, Illinois. Focus Areas: Strategic Code Enforcement; Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Systems; Data Systems; Community Education and Partnerships
Round 3 TASP Projects: 2015-2016Cleveland, Ohio. Focus Area: Economic Analysis of Vacant Land Reuse
Lucas County, Ohio. Focus Areas: Vacant Land Maintenance and Reuse; Cost of Blight Analysis
St. Louis, Missouri. Focus Area: Building Consensus on a Comprehensive Approach to Vacancy and Abandonment Round 2 TASP Projects: 2015Dallas, Texas. Focus Area: Building Consensus on a Comprehensive Approach to Vacancy and Abandonment Detroit, Michigan. Focus Area: Vacant Land Maintenance and Reuse Gary, Indiana. Focus Areas: Strategic Code Enforcement; Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Systems; Data Systems Trenton, New Jersey. Focus Areas: Data Systems; Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Vacancy and Abandonment
Round 1 TASP Projects: 2014Atlanta, Georgia. Focus Area: Strategic Code Enforcement Butte-Silver Bow, Montana. Focus Area: Developing a Comprehensive Approach to Vacancy and Abandonment Lafayette, Louisiana. Focus Area: Data Systems
Hear From Our Past Scholarship WinnersAt Community Progress, we truly appreciate the opportunity to hear from past recipients on lessons learned and positive outcomes resulting from our technical assistance delivery. Take a look at the following videos of former TASP scholarship recipients to learn more about the TASP experience and ways that we might be able to assist your community.
In addition to TASP, Community Progress offers technical assistance opportunities on a fee-for-service basis to help communities diagnose key challenges, understand available tools, and develop and implement effective strategies. Community Progress encourages interested communities to explore the organization’s fee-for-service technical assistance and other educational programming to find the best fit. Please visit our fee-for-service page to learn more. |