Community Development

Community Toolbox: (ctb.ku.edu/)
The Community Tool Box provides over 6,000 pages of practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Topic sections include step-by-step instruction, examples, checklists, and related resources on the topic of community development.

The Asset Based Community Development Institute: (www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html)
The Community Development Program at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research established the Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) in 1995. The ABCD Institute web site provides a history and description of its community development philosophy and has resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets.

PolicyLink Equitable Development Toolkit: (www.policylink.org/EquitableDevelopment/)
These tools have been crafted to help community builders achieve equitable development in diverse, mixed-income neighborhoods. The tools are grouped into four categories (Affordable Housing, Controlling Development, Financing Strategies, and Income/Asset Creation) and are based on the most successful strategies developed in culturally diverse communities around the country.