Community Close Up :: GBIG Insight

The ReFresh Project: Revitalizing People and Place with a Healthy Food Hub

By Jeni Miller on 15 Jul 2016 • 13 minute read

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the founders of what became Broad Community Connections (BCC) started attending community meetings, and exploring with their fellow community members how to rebuild a city in shambles. These conversations highlighted some …

Community Development 2.0: Collective Impact Focuses a Neighborhood Strategy for Health

By Jeni Miller on 15 Jun 2016 • 13 minute read

Not all community developers are aware that the work they’re doing has the potential to improve health, but the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) has built health into its strategic plan, and in the neighborhood revitalization work of the San Pabl …

Columbia Parc at the Bayou District: Holistic Redevelopment to Bring Lasting Change to a Distressed Neighborhood

By Jeni Miller on 01 Jun 2016 • 10 minute read

The St. Bernard Public Housing Development was already in severe disrepair and only 75 percent occupied on August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina hit leaving much of the Bayou District neighborhood submerged in eight feet of water. One of four large public housing comp …

Columbia Parc at the Bayou District, New Orleans, Louisiana

Vita Health & Wellness District: Putting Health at the Center of a Neighborhood Transformation

By Jeni Miller on 25 Apr 2016 • 14 minute read

In the early 2000s, Stamford Hospital began planning a major expansion. Located in Stamford, Connecticut’s West Side neighborhood, the 305-bed regional hospital envisioned a large new state-of-the-art addition to its facility. The hospital owned various pieces of real …