In diverse cities, community development is best achieved when partners representing that diversity are able to work together. In Boston, the University of Massachusetts Center for Community Economic Development provides support to a broad network of multi-ethnic, multi-racial, community-based organizations reflecting the diversity of populations in the area. These groups meet to jointly address issues of economic development with the help of three university task forces that outline the Center s work in the areas of business development, employment and training, and neighborhood revitalization.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Web site: http://www.umass.edu/larp/CED/
Contact: John Mullin, Center Direct, jmullin {at} larp.umass(.)edu
