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Building Community through Holistic Strategy: A Story from a Seattle Immigrant Suburb

NonProfit Quarterly

The organization was formed a little over 20 years ago, in February 2002, when resident leaders came together to support their unique and culturally diverse neighborhood: White Center , WA. The White Center Community Development Association (White Center CDA), where I work, is deeply engaged in this community building work.

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Public Land for Public Good: Preserving Miami’s Dominican Neighborhood

NonProfit Quarterly

I left my job at a local nonprofit and, with the support of our nine original stakeholders and the small business owners and residents with whom we had engaged, founded The Allapattah Collaborative Community Development Corporation (TAC). As everyone knows, things can move slowly in municipal government. Then the pandemic hit.