Tag Archives: Center for Community Progress

Small cities woo residents, workers with student loan assistance

October 1, 2019
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With many small cities struggling to lure skilled workers, a few downtowns are trying something new: They're offering to help people pay down their college loans if they move to town. Hamilton, OH (est. pop. 62,216), last year launched a Talent Attraction Program that offers up to $10,000 to workers who earned college degrees within…To read more — login/subscribe

 

Cities embrace land banks as blight-fighting tool

October 1, 2019
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In Dublin, GA (est. pop. 15,889), the city is using a land bank to take control of longabandoned buildings downtown. In Newburgh, NY (est. pop. 28,444), a land bank has rehabilitated dozens of dilapidated structures, many of which dated to the 1800s. And in Flint, MI (est. pop. 96,439), a land bank has demolished or…To read more — login/subscribe