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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018). Meehan, 2014). Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law 26, no.

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The Future of Recycling Programs and the Role of Community Feedback

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According to an EPA Overview , in the 1960s, 94% of waste went to landfills, and as of 2018, that number has been reduced to only 50%. From 2014 to 2019 alone, the number of communities offering composting programs grew by 65 percent ! Learn more about budgeting with community engagement on the issues that matter.

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National Community Planning Month: Schools as neighborhood anchors

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Students, parents, and teachers participating in a clean up of the school grounds, Wasatch Elementary School, Salt Lake. Schools as fundamental neighborhood anchors.

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