The Long-Term Impact of CDCs on Urban Neighborhoods

Case Studies of Cleveland's Broadway-Slavic Village and Tremont Neighborhoods

Bibliographic Data

ID6181848
AuthorsNorman Krumholz, W Dennis Keating, Philip D Star, Mark C Chupp
Year2006
Volume37
Issue4
Pages33-52
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunity Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1557-5330 • E-ISSN: 1944-7485
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15575330609490194
OpenAlexW2076950941
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited7

This article analyzes the impact of two long-term community development corporations (CDCs) in Cleveland, Ohio, both of which influenced their communities and the greater Cleveland metropolitan area for over two decades. These two community development corporations were considered the most successful in the city. As a case study, the research team of investigative scholars at Cleveland State University used a variety of neighborhood indicators, as well as a set of measures derived through indepth interviews with focus groups and key stakeholders. Although it is not possible to establish direct causal connections, the evidence presented points to clear improvements in both neighborhoods that are attributable in part to the efforts of these two community development corporations. But for their efforts, conditions in both neighborhoods would have been much worse. Keywords: community development corporations (CDCs)neighborhood indicatorssocial capitalred-liningblockbustingleveraged investment

Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Regional science · Slavic languages · Sociology · Term (time · Homelessness and Social Issues · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Urbanization and City Planning · History

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