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CORE CHANGE | Appeciative Inquiry
Core Change is a community-wide effort to bring together improbable partners to co-create solutions that unleash the possibilities of the urban core.

The primary strategy for accomplishing this is the CoreChange Summit. The Summit is a three-day gathering of hundreds of residents and leaders representing all segments of the community. Summit participants will discover shared hopes and aspirations, be transformed through unlikely interactions and design solutions focused on the urban core. click here to learn more

 

Evanston-Norwood-Xavier Community Partnership
The Evanston-Norwood-Xavier (ENX) Community Partnership is a strategic plan connecting the community revitalization objectives of Evanston and Norwood with the resources of Xavier University. Funded primarily by a $393,000 Community Outreach Partnering Center grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop, the work stresses the interdependence of the three “communities.” It covers five areas. click here to learn more

 

Reviving the Living Legacy of Music in Evanston and Greater Cincinnati!
King Studios is a proposed new development that will revive the legacy of King Records, the eclectic recording studio that operated from 1956 to 1968 out of a warehouse in Cincinnati’s Evanston neighborhood. It will house three core components – a memorial space dedicated to King Records, a recording studio and a visual art studio– into a newly constructed, three-story facility. learn more

PLACE MATTERS
The United Way of Greater Cincinnati recently launched the Place Matters Initiative, a place-based investment strategy to achieve breakthrough change in the Greater Cincinnati neighborhoods of Avondale, Covington and Price Hill. The United Way turned to the Community Building Institute to help facilitate the development and management of community investment plans in the three neighborhoods. Each investment plan requires the input and broad participation of neighborhood residents, associations and institutions. learn more

EVANSTON NOW!
The community of Evanston wanted to figure out a way to get more residents active and engaged in the revitalization of the neighborhood. The Community Building Institute worked with residents to create EvanstonNow!, a neighborhood-led movement dedicated to connecting the gifts, skills and talents of Evanston residents to exciting volunteer opportunities in the neighborhood. In three months, residents recruited more that 100 volunteers.