scholarly journals Community‐Engaged Neighborhood Revitalization and Empowerment: Busy Streets Theory in Action

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 90-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laney A. Rupp ◽  
Marc A. Zimmerman ◽  
Kathleen W. Sly ◽  
Thomas M. Reischl ◽  
Elyse J. Thulin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neighborhood Revitalization

Connecting Real and Virtual Neighbors

2014 ◽  
pp. 824-838
Author(s):  
Robin Blom ◽  
Jonathan S. Morgan ◽  
Paul Zube ◽  
Brian J. Bowe
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Neighborhood Revitalization ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Positive Feelings

Unlike most of the literature surveying the proliferation and increased usage of social media in society at large, this study analyzes the potential of blogs to mobilize local communities. It focuses on blogging in the context of a geographic locality and describes a participatory action research project in inner city Detroit built around the “Going Home” blog hosted by The Detroit News. The results of the project demonstrate that blogging can be used as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization. United by positive feelings towards the neighborhood, geographically separated social groups of current and former residents connected online, shared sentiments and information, and combined their efforts to bring about positive social change in the physical community.

scholarly journals The University, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Civic Engagement: Toward Civic Engagement 3.0

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Taylor, Jr. ◽  
D. Luter ◽  
Camden Miller
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Neighborhood Revitalization ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Black Liberation ◽  
Anchor Institutions ◽  
The University

This essay analyzes and syntheses key theories and concepts on neighborhood change from the literature on anchor institutions, university engagement, gentrification, neighborhood effects, Cold War, Black liberation studies, urban political economy, and city building. To deepen understanding of the Columbia University experience, we complemented the literature analysis with an examination of the New York Times and Amsterdam newspapers from 1950 to 1970. The study argues that higher education’s approach to neighborhood revitalization during the urban renewal age, as well as in the post-1990 period, produced undesirable results and failed to spawn either social transformation or build the neighborly community espoused by Lee Benson and Ira Harkavy. The essay explains the reasons why and concludes with a section on a more robust strategy higher education can pursue in the quest to bring about desirable change in the university neighborhood.

scholarly journals Creating Communities of Choice: Stakeholder Participation in Community Planning

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Marshall Wesley ◽  
Ester L. Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Community Planning ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Neighborhood Revitalization ◽  
Multifamily Housing ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Land Use Plan ◽  
Professional Planner

: Community stakeholders can be valuable allies to city officials engaged in downtown regeneration and community planning. This project highlights the force of engaging such allies in planning initiatives. It focuses on a long-neglected community that was once a thriving African American cultural and commercial hub. Organized as a city-university collaborative, the project brought together a cadre of community stakeholders: a planning studio professor and graduate students; a professional planner; architects; preservationists; and area residents, business owners and community leaders. Stakeholders held several meetings to evaluate the overall needs of the area, discuss options that would allow the concurrency of neighborhood revitalization, historic preservation and commercial economic interests while adhering to existing design guidelines. The group’s work culminated in a proposed land use plan that is sensitive to the needs of families, businesses and the city’s revitalization efforts. The plan calls for creating built spaces that complement the natural environment and encourages integrating green initiatives with regenerative efforts. It proposes creating active parks; cultural, arts and entertainment districts; and zoning that allows for single and multifamily housing. It transforms the district into one that is mixed-use, economically viable, family-oriented and preserves the area’s authentically historic and cultural assets.

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