Resource Kresge releases white paper “Rethinking Neighborhood Change and Tracking Progress” January 9, 2019 This advisory summarizes and links to The Kresge Foundation Arts & Culture Program’s Creative Placemaking white paper, “Rethinking Neighborhood Change and Tracking Progress.”
News & Views Unique partnership seeks to create greener, cleaner, healthier West Atlanta February 26, 2020 In Atlanta, one inch of rainfall can generate as much as 640 million gallons of stormwater runoff. When rain falls in natural, undeveloped areas, water is absorbed and filtered by soil and plants. But when a city is covered by streets, sidewalks and parking lots, that water may not soak…
Resource Rethinking Neighborhood Change and Tracking Progress December 30, 2018 This paper discusses developments in the conception and assessment of Creative Placemaking initiatives and the assessment of comprehensive community development strategies. The observations and insights stem from a small but growing body of research on the roles of arts and culture in communities, as well as from well-established literature on…
Resource Reinvestment Fund August 29, 2018 In this short case study, learn how and why the Kresge Social Investment Practice made an investment in Reinvestment Fund to raise capital to support and extend its Creative Placemaking strategy. Projects financed through this investment will be community driven and target work that eliminates blight, reduces vacancies, provides school or community…
News & Views Kresge’s Rapson takes deep dive into arts, culture and community development in wide-ranging magazine interview January 12, 2017 Integrating grantmaking strategies with the way real people live their lives in America’s urban communities is no easy task, but one that The Kresge Foundation is striving to fully realize said Kresge President and CEO Rip Rapson in a wide-ranging interview published this week in Shelterforce, the nation’s oldest continuously…
Resource New Jersey Community Capital May 21, 2018 In this short case study, learn how and why the Kresge Social Investment Practice made an investment in New Jersey Community Capital to provide capitalization and credit support for a $12 million New Jersey Creative Placemaking Fund managed by NJCC.
News & Views Food, culture, entrepreneurship on the menu at community-led Mercado Esperanza October 29, 2019 In Spanish, the word esperanza translates to “hope” in English. In New Brunswick, New Jersey, the residents of the Esperanza neighborhood aren’t just hoping for better housing, education and access to healthy food, they are stepping up as civic leaders, making their voices heard and creating changes in their community.…
News & Views Efforts to boost civic engagement by college students receives $1 million from Kresge March 30, 2022 Grants announced to five organizations in face of efforts to suppress student vote. The Kresge Foundation’s Education Program has announced a suite of grants totaling $1,025,000 to student-centered civic engagement initiatives. Young people are particularly concerned about policies relating to college affordability and student debt. These grant commitments affirm the…
News & Views Kresge president tells NEA conference arts are key to community development December 14, 2016 Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip Rapson discussed the role of arts and culture in community development work at a recent conference in Wshington, D.C. that was part of the recent anniversary celebration of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The keynote address “Why the Arts Must be at the…
News & Views Kresge Senior Fellow Carol Coletta to continue transformation of Memphis riverfront August 1, 2019 Senior Fellow Carol Coletta – who has been serving as a loaned executive from the Kresge Foundation to the Memphis River Parks Partnership as that organization’s CEO and president since March of 2018 – will be transitioning from Kresge to further advance the reimagination of Memphis’ riverfront. During her tenure…