This article examines the use of citizen participation techniques during the planning process for neighborhood revitalization in the Village of Depew which is an industrial suburb of Buffalo, New York. The article focuses on how research principles can inform and enhance traditional approaches to citizen participation.
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The Connection: Schooling, Youth Development, and Community Building – The Futures Academy Case
International tourism in Cuba: Can capitalism be used to save socialism
Universities as Anchor Institutions
The Historical Roots of the Crisis In Housing Affordability : The Case of Buffalo, New York 1920-1950
Television, Violence, African American and Social Controls 1950-1976
The Hidden Face of Racism
The “Community as Classroom Initiative:” The Case of Futures Academy in Buffalo, NY
This paper examines the efforts of the UB Center for Urban Studies to build a university assisted community school centered neighborhood development initiative in the Fruit Belt, a distresses community in Buffalo, New York. The goal is to turn Futures Academy (School 37), a traditional Pre- K through 8th grade public school into a university-assisted community school that drives the neighborhood regeneration process in the Fruit Belt.
Cincinnati, Ohio 1877-1896
Solving the Dewey Problem: Where Do We Go From Here?
The purpose of this essay is to contribute to the development of the Penn Thesis by identifying the major challenges that must be overcome to advance Dewey’s goal of transforming the United States into a socially just, participatory, democratic society.