| Summary: | The writer discusses inner-city revival efforts across the U.S. Nonprofit community development has revolutionized urban revitalization across the country, converting the most infamous neighborhoods into healthy communities. Led by community development corporations, this broad-based movement has developed new homes and retail businesses, and promoted job training classes, day care programs, health care centers, and anti-crime efforts. Local government has played a key role in this revitalization revolution. Cities as diverse as Boston in Massachusetts, Chicago in Illinois, and Los Angeles in California, have benefited from these initiatives.
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