Leadership & Education Resources for Community Revitalization
The Education, Leadership, and Engagement team shares our decades of legal, strategic, and policy expertise with local leaders who want to build momentum for community-driven revitalization by addressing widespread property vacancy, abandonment, and deterioration.
We equip these leaders with critical skillsets; help them stay abreast of new trends and best practices in the field; and provide space to build productive relationships and collaborations within and across departments, organizations, communities, regions, and states.
At our virtual and in-person training and networking opportunities, we uplift successes and best practices from the field so all people can see that revitalization is possible—and have the support they need to execute their community’s vision.
Our Initiatives
Webinars: Offering free monthly trainings on best practices for successful community revitalization and addressing property vacancy. Learn more »
Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conferences: Strengthening communities at the only national conference dedicated to new strategies for transforming vacant properties into community assets. Learn more »
Community Revitalization Fellowship: Equipping grassroots leaders with the skills to advocate for their neighborhoods and reclaim local power in community development. Learn more »
Vacant Property Leadership Institute: Training delegations of local government staff in specific, real-world policies and practices that can help them break the cycle of property vacancy. Learn more »
VAD Academy: Building broad public awareness of the solutions to vacancy, abandonment, and deterioration in an intensive, free 101-level training open to all. Learn more »