PACS 4250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Development Corporations, Social Capital, Data Set

• School: UNT
• Department: Public Affairs and Community Service
• Course: PACS 4250
• Professor: Laura Keyes

Document Summary

We forget the benefits hidden in our communities. There might be a precedent worth looking into. The assets needed to solve a community problem are already there in the community. Empower people so they can see the opportunities. Cbos help to mobilize and provide representation for individuals of the community. Community development corporations are a type of community based organization. They help to carry out local development activities such as housing. Resources: the cdc housing development model is based primarily on partnerships where intermediaries such as banks and financial institutions provide a important level of support. Strategies: four trends are important to community development work. These trends include asset based mapping, market oriented development, social capital, and faith based development. Community based organizations are generally thought of as those organizations in the community that are not for-profit. Community development corporations as the central organization for community development and indeed, they are.