It’s one of the great catch-22s of economic development: local stakeholders work hard to lure investment to distressed urban areas, but once these investments takes root, long-time residents are susceptible to displacement. Read More

This case study highlights how an anchor institution’s initial efforts around neighborhood revitalization had a snowball effect that ultimately leveraged hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment. The redevelopment and construction of new housing served as the linchpin to a broad-based community effort to stabilize one of Columbus, Ohio’s most distressed inner city communities. Read More

Through a partnership with the Unreasonable Institute, a Boulder-based accelerator for social good, the Rockefeller Foundation is calling on America’s most creative thinkers to submit proposals that would address the greatest issues faced by poor and vulnerable urban populations. Read More

For the nonprofit hospital Bon Secours,  providing direct, low-cost medical care to residents is just one of many roles it plays as an anchor institution in Southwest Baltimore. Read More

"Placemaking” is a new tool for the economic development toolbox. Read More