Community Development Survey
State of the CDCs 2005: An Assessment of Community Development in the Bay Area surveys the work of 45 Bay Area community development corporations (CDCs) over the lifetimes of the organizations. The study quantifies the critical role of CDCs in meeting local communities’ needs and draws conclusions for funders, policymakers, and society on how we can best support CDCs to ensure that they remain a vital force in the region.All told, over the last thirty years CDCs have produced more than 60,000 units of affordable housing in almost every community in the Bay Area, with 20,000 units of those units produced from 2000 to 2005 alone. During that same six-year period, these organizations also produced over 500,000 square feet of commercial and retail space and some 275,000 square feet of senior centers, recreation facilities, charter schools, and other community facilities.
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Executive Summary:
Investing Where It Matters: A Survey of Community
Development in the San Francisco Bay Area
Full Report:
State of the CDCs 2005:
An Assessment of Community Development in the Bay Area