Local Foods, Local Places

This toolkit lays the groundwork for using local foods to help meet a broad range of community goals.

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created the Local Foods, Local Places Toolkit , which compiles best practices and lessons learned from the Local Foods, Local Places program. Practitioners on the ground can use this toolkit to help their community clearly identify its goals, engage stakeholders, and prioritize achievable actions to enact the plan. read more

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Grounded Solutions Network: Start-up CLT HUB

This web toolkit provides individuals with all the resources they need to create a successful Community Land Trust.

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This toolkit serves as a hub of information for individuals interested in turning the idea of a commnity land trust into a reality. While the process can still difficult, these resources will help local leaders and practitioners to ask the right questions and form their own roadmap for success. read more

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Land Lines: Community Land Trusts

This article reports on a roundtable on the community land trust model and related research needs.

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This article was originally published in 2005 in the Land Lines periodicle. It reported on the roundtable on community land trusts that was atteneded by researchers, policy analysts, technical assistance providers, funders, and community land trust staff members. read more

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Land Banks

Land banks are governmental entities that acquire vacant, abandoned, and tax delinquent properties to return them to productive use and stabilize distressed markets.

Vacant and abandoned structures have challenged cities for generations. The first land banks were established throughout the 1970s to 1990s in an effort to address the vacant properties left behind as a result urban abandonment. These passive organizations held relatively little power compared to the land banks of today. read more

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National Community Land Trust Network: Tools and Resources

The community land trust model is effective and innovative, but can be hard to implement.

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This toolkit, produced by the National Community Land Trust Network, is a one-stop shop for creating and implementing a community land trust. The toolkit contains valuable information on planning, organizational structure, financing strategies, and more. read more

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Community Land Trusts

Community land trusts are private, non-profit corporations that provide communities with safe, affordable housing for the long-term.

The community land trust model is a mechanism to provide affordable housing through land leasing and homeownership. There are approximately 160 community land trusts operating throughout the United States. These land trusts are typically a non-profit, community-based organization whose primary mission is to create and maintain a stock of affordable housing. read more

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Data-Driven Approaches to Strengthening Neighborhoods

The abundance of data now available allows cities to make strategic decisions on how best to deploy resources to stabilize and revitalize their neighborhoods.

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Addressing the challenge of distressed neighborhoods can be daunting – and many cities may not know where to start. Since resources are limited, cities and their partners must work together to methodically implement their strategic plans.  read more

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