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The Center for Community Progress Announces Courtney Knox as Interim President and CEO

Center for Community Progress

The Center for Community Progress (Community Progress) Board of Directors today appoint Vice President and Director of National Leadership and Education Courtney Knox to serve as the interim president and chief executive of the organization, effective immediately.

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New “Blight Elimination Program” Offers Transformative Grant Funding to Rural and Urban Michigan Communities

Center for Community Progress

Leadership included Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Jim Stamas (R-36), Sen. Leadership on the House side included House Appropriations Committee Chair Thomas Albert (R-86) and Rep. The blight elimination program was originally proposed in the Senate through Senate Bill 834. Kenneth Horn (R-32), and Sen. Curtis Hertel (D-23).

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Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot to Open the 2022 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference

Center for Community Progress

Founded in 2010, the Center for Community Progress is the national leader for building strong, equitable communities where vacant, abandoned, and deteriorated properties are transformed into assets for neighbors and neighborhoods.

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Community Progress Welcomes 2022 Community Revitalization Fellows from New York, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico

Center for Community Progress

These cohorts participate in learning exchanges in each other’s communities that feature a mix of technical and leadership trainings as well as local neighborhood tours. Each year, six resident leaders from three communities (eighteen people in total) are selected as fellows. About the Center for Community Progress.

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