Last week Congress passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that was signed into law by President Biden this week. This comes on the heels of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law last November. While these bills contain funding for very worthwhile programming and resources, these funds often don’t make it to the organizations […]

In 2020, SPARCC began its second three-year phase, just prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This new report highlights key findings and reflections from 2020-2021. The report by the Center for Community Health and Evaluation shares how SPARCC’s collective work in the first three years laid the foundation for systems change that is […]

SPARCC sites were equipped for the events of 2020 due to the new relationships, trust, and administrative infrastructure built in the first three years of the initiative, which laid the foundation for an effective response in 2020.

As the Biden-Harris administration implements more extensive COVID recovery measures, the importance of “building back better” has never been clearer. Instead of using recovery funds to return to what was, there is an opportunity to envision something better. This is particularly true in communities most adversely affected by the pandemic’s health and economic fallout; these same communities have been long subjected to intentional disinvestment by local, state, and national stakeholders. One pathway to a better future? Community ownership.

Key Takeaways from SPARCC and Urban Displacement Project’s Gentrification and Displacement Analysis By Devin Culbertson, Enterprise Community Partners and Renee Roy Elias, Urban Displacement Project

By Olivia Barrow, Low Income Investment Fund (original post) Billions of dollars in community development investments have been poured into communities over the last several decades, both in pursuit of drawing resources in to improve places as well as creating pathways to opportunities in other communities. But as Black Americans continue to be murdered by […]

Los últimos cinco años han sido los más cálidos jamás registrados a nivel mundial, y las temporadas de inundaciones de primavera, huracanes e incendios forestales están por llegar, y luego se aproximan los meses de verano que se estiman que serán más cálidos que el promedio. Entre los huracanes en el sureste y los incendios […]

By Marissa Ramirez The past five years have been the warmest ever recorded on record globally, and spring flooding, hurricane and wildfire seasons are once again upon us, with summer months and their expected warmer-than-average heat not far behind. Between hurricanes in the southeast and wildfires in California, over 1.2 million people were displaced by […]

by Mariia Zimmerman, MZ Strategies It’s estimated that there are as many as two billion parking spots in the United States, while there are 200 million cars on the road. Cars cruising for on-street parking in U.S. cities contribute significantly to congestion and pollution, and parking covers huge amounts of urban land area. “Free” parking […]