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Saving Independent Retail
This new report by the Pratt Center for Community Development explores what the city can do to protect independent retailers from high rents. (August 12, 2009)

Gentrification Displaces Students
Five high schools closings in East New York, Canarsie and Far Rockaway could be attributed to gentrification, according to a new report from the Institute for Children and Poverty. Titled "Pushed Out: The Hidden Costs of Gentrification: Displacement and Homelessness," the report suggests that students can often be displaced by gentrification. According to the report, about 2,150 students from East New York and 2,400 students from Canarsie will have to find other schools, because the city has phased out "larger, lower-performing high schools." (April 28, 2009)

Guide to Planning Successful Pedestrian Streets
Transportation Alternatives just released a report that studied a number of events that took place this past summer that opened streets up to pedestrians. The study shows that these type of events are a boon to retail, improve the perception of the streets, build the community and encourage walking. (April 14, 2009)

A Blueprint for Growth
"One City/One Future: A Blueprint for Growth That Works for All New Yorkers" is the product of four years of collaboration by civic leaders, neighborhood advocates, community development organizations, labor unions, affordable housing groups, environmentalists, immigrant advocates, and others. It offers policy 54 recommendations. For the full report, visit here. (March 31, 2009)

Food, Hunger, Health, Jobs and the Environment
The Manhattan Borough President recently unveiled a six pronged plan to combat obesity and overweight. Among his recommendations are: creating an Office of Food Policy; including food indicators in accountability efforts, similar to those of crime and drug use reporting; expanded food and nutrition education; and the exploration of land use and zoning incentives to encourage to development of food markets in needy areas. (February 13, 2009)

Union Square Awards
The Union Square Awards seek to encourage grassroots activism as a means of strengthening communities throughout New York City, and they recognize notable contributions to the educational, economic and cultural life of New York City.
Polis
Blogging by journalist Lisa Chamberlain about city spaces and real estate.
Ideas that Matter
Devoted to stimulating public discourse on issues related to living within cities.
onNYTurf
Blogging for political and community coverage of NYC's 5 Boroughs.
The New Urban Renewal: Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods
Web-site of a 1997 PBS series introducing viewers to the work of community development corporations.

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