by CommunityWorks | Apr 4, 2024 | Blogs
The work of cultivating connection and change in the Westcore neighborhood is spearheaded by Amy Mares. Amy directs the efforts of Westcore Neighbors, an independent nonprofit neighborhood development corporation. Westcore Neighbors manages Nuestra Casa (a neglected...
by CommunityWorks | Apr 2, 2024 | Videos
In September we visited with Deanna West-Torrence and her staff at the North End Community Improvement Collaborative to learn how they are using Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) to revitalize the North End neighborhood of Mansfield, Ohio. Learn how an asset...
by CommunityWorks | Mar 18, 2024 | Videos
On June 8 we visited with Rev. Damon Lynch, III, Gene Ellington, and Amber Twitty to learn how they used Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) to transform–both socially and economically–the Roselawn and Bond Hill neighborhoods of Cincinnati. Click the...
by CommunityWorks | Mar 16, 2024 | Videos
Two of the great luminaries of the global Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) movement — John McKnight, Co-Founder of the ABCD Institute, and Cormac Russell, Director of ABCD Europe — join with Tecca Jones of Grand Rapids to discuss “The...
by CommunityWorks | Mar 8, 2024 | Blogs
Bates Place Neighbors (BPN), based in Grand Rapids, MI, is passionate about neighborhood strengthening. In 2021, CommunityWorks formally linked with BPN as a supporting partner. Wayne Squires, BPN director, remarked, “We so appreciate the ongoing training and...
