Community Development Corporation

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Community Development Corporation (CDC) is a broad term referring to not-for-profit organizations incorporated to provide programs, offer services and engage in other activities that promote and support a community. CDCs usually serve a geographic location such as a neighborhood or a town. They often focus on serving lower-income residents or struggling neighborhoods. They can be involved in a variety of activities including economic development, education, and real estate development. These organizations are often associated with the development of affordable housing.

[edit] Activities

• real estate development
  • affordable housing
• economic development
  • small business lending
  • small business technical assistance
  • small business incubation (i.e. provision of space at low or no cost to start-up businesses)
• education
  • early childhood education
  • workforce training
• nonprofit incubation
• youth and leadership development
• advocacy
• community planning
• community organizing

[edit] Examples of CDCs (internal)

Mexicantown Community Development Corporation

New Kensington Community Development Corporation

Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation

Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.

Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp.

[edit] External links

http://www.prattcenter.net/cdcoralhistory.php - CDC Oral History Project, biographical sketches of CDCs around the U.S.

examples of CDCs:

http://www.pacificbeach.org/ - Discover Pacific Beach -Pacific Beach (San Diego, CA)

http://www.nkcdc.org/ - New Kensington Community Development Corporation (Philadelphia, PA)

http://fenwaycdc.org/ - The Fenway Community Development Corporation (Boston, MA)

http://www.bbcdevelopment.org/ - Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)

http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/ - Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp. (Cleveland, OH)

http://www.cdcli.org/ - The Community Development Corporation of Long Island (NY)

http://www.asiancdc.org/ - Asian Community Development Corporation (Boston, MA)

http://www.mmcdc.com/ - Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation (Detroit Lakes, MN)

http://www.mexicantown.org/ - Mexicantown Community Development Corporation (Detroit, MI)

http://www.macdc.org/ - Massachusetts Association of CDC (Boston, MA)

http://www.tacdc.org/ - Texas Association of CDC (Austin, TX)

http://www.nationalcapacd.org/ - National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development (Washington, D.C.)

http://www.restorationplaza.org/ - Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Brooklyn, NY)

http://www.mqvncdc.org/ - Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corporation (New Orleans, LA)

http://www.reachcdc.org/ - REACH Community Development (Portland, OR)

http://www.adcorp.org/ - Abyssinian Development Corporation (New York, NY)

http://www.rosecdc.org/ - ROSE Community Development (Portland, OR)

http://rrc.reynoldstown.org/ - Reynoldstown Revialization Corporation (Atlanta, GA)

http://www.passagehome.org/ - Passage Home Community Development Corporation (Raleigh, NC)