Community Revitalization Archives | Center for Community Progress

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Community Revitalization

Challenges and Opportunities to Revitalizing Historic Black Commercial Corridors

We explore how community engagement, creative placemaking, and public-private investment are helping revitalize vacant and deteriorated properties in historic Black commercial corridors, drawing lessons from Alabama communities and across the country.

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Community Revitalization

Five Action Areas on Vacant and Deteriorated Property for Detroit’s Next Administration

Five recommendations for Detroit’s 2026 mayoral administration to leverage the city’s 175,000+ vacant and abandoned properties for housing, open space, and other uses that revitalize the city, and build on progress to address vacancy to date.

Community Revitalization, State & Local Analysis

Vacant Properties
The True Costs to Communities

Compiling research from communities across the country, this report examines the overall impacts vacant and abandoned properties have on communities.

Community Revitalization

Challenges and Opportunities to Revitalizing Historic Black Commercial Corridors

We explore how community engagement, creative placemaking, and public-private investment are helping revitalize vacant and deteriorated properties in historic Black commercial corridors, drawing lessons from Alabama communities and across the country.

Community Revitalization

Five Action Areas on Vacant and Deteriorated Property for Detroit’s Next Administration

Five recommendations for Detroit’s 2026 mayoral administration to leverage the city’s 175,000+ vacant and abandoned properties for housing, open space, and other uses that revitalize the city, and build on progress to address vacancy to date.

Community Revitalization, State & Local Analysis

Vacant Properties
The True Costs to Communities

Compiling research from communities across the country, this report examines the overall impacts vacant and abandoned properties have on communities.

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