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- Chicago Rising 11/5/2009
- From the White House to our house, urban leaders vow neighborhoods will lead national economic recovery.
- CNDA applicants can submit online 7/1/2009
- Applicants for the 16th annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards will be able to submit their entries online for the first time this year.
- Community media sets sail for cyberspace 7/3/2008
- A group of four non-profit and public-sector professionals told why they love their web sites– and how they reached that point – during a panel session at the 2008 “Making Media Connections” conference.
- Youngsters join Woodlawn Little League 5/13/2008
- America’s pastime is on base in Woodlawn, in the form of the Woodlawn Little League.
- 900 join in the fun at 'Getting It Done' 4/3/2008
- They came from 24 Chicago neighborhoods and 56 cities for a whirlwind of workshops, tours, hallway skull sessions and even dancing. It was LISC/Chicago’s first national conference for community development practitioners, and by the looks on people’s faces, it was a heck of a good time.
- View hundreds of photos from conference 3/30/2008
- Download a presentation of photos from the first day of the Getting It Done conference, or check out LISC/Chicago's new photo gallery on Flickr.
- A toolkit for community improvement 3/20/2008
- All professionals use tools. The carpenter wields a hammer, the surgeon a scalpel, the accountant a ledger. But what of community development professionals? What are the tools we use to build stronger neighborhoods? The NCP Toolkit lays out some of the most important tools used in our business.
- Neighborhood power on display 3/20/2008
- Dial up your energy level, tune up your vocal chords and round up your best ideas for building community because you’ll need them all at NCP’s "Getting It Done" conference on March 26 and 27.
- LCDC, GADC's Nelson honored at CNDA 3/5/2008
- NCP lead agency Lawndale Christian Development Corp., and the executive director of another lead agency – Carlos Nelson of Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corp. -- were among nine people and organizations recognized during the 14th annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards.
- Media workshop helps agencies tell stories 1/25/2008
- Community Media Workshop encourages NCP lead agencies to check out its menu of services – a point underscored by a recent workshop survey that showed nonprofits as a whole communicate rather haphazardly.
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