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This paper focuses on the priorities of Blacks about the changes, e.g., decreased crime, which would make life in their neighborhoods a satisfying experience. This preferential information about neighborhood satisfaction was collected from Blacks in 19 sites, in the South and Southwest, who lived near a Black college or church community development corporation (CDC). According to the results, respondents living near a black church CDC made decreasing crime a priority while those near a Black college CDC were concerned about economic issues. The survey provides information that CDCs can use to create programs that fit with residents’ wishes and increase neighborhood satisfaction.
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Shipp, S.C., Branch, C.W. Local residents’ wishes and black college/black church community development corporations. Journal of African American Studies 10, 32–45 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12111-006-1007-2
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