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Fall 2003 Bright Ideas Bright Ideas Fall 2003
The New Rural America: Old Myths, New Realities
Plus:   My Kind of Town – San Diego
  The State of the Art in South Central Texas
  Measuring what matters, to tell a good story even better
  Neighborhood Reinvestment: Launching the next 25 years
 
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Bright Ideas Fall 2003 (Entire Issue 18.48 MB)
 
Cover, Editorial, and Table of Contents  (1.09 MB)
 
Cover Stories (1.89 MB)
Banking Opportunities in Rural America; Rural America and Its Housing; Thinking Regionally, Acting Locally in Kansas City; Expanding Loans for Kentucky Businesses; —The New Rural America'
 
NeighborWorks ® Week  (5.54 MB)
Work and Play with a Purpose: Volunteers Transforming Communities; Citibank Supports NeighborWorks Week, Homebuyer Education; Hispanic Housing Fair; NeighborWorks Week in Clearwater, Fla.
 
Feature Stories  (702 KB)
Turning Good Ideas into Smart Businesses; A Close Encounter with a Mobile Home Park Closing; Tackling Problem Properties in New Jersey
 
My Kind of Town: San Diego (2.00 KB)
San Diego: Perfect Climate, Runaway Housing Market; Advancing Home Ownership in the City Heights Neighborhood; Community Development Institute
 
State of the Art: South Central Texas (3.80 MB)
Home, Home on the Range: Deep in the Heart of Texas; Community Development Lender CEN-TEX; Foundation Communities Builds Outside the Box in Austin; New Alamo Center to Serve Larger Community; NHS of San Antonio; Excitement in Laredo
 
National Initiatives  (484 KB)
New Leadership for the Campaign for Home Ownership; Increasing Minority Home Ownership; Nonprofits Experiment with New Business Models; Learning Center Consortium to Expand; Rural Steering Committee Pushes Economic Development View
 
Issues and Ideas  (821 KB)
Measuring Results in Community Development; Point of View: Why Build a Membership Base?  
 
Training Opportunities  (313 KB)
 
Practitioners' Toolbox(70 KB)
To Lobby or Not to Lobby? That Is the Question; ‘Sweat Equity' Helps Turn Proud Families into Homeowners; Wastewater Project Funding Advances Revitalization in Upstate New York 
 
Letters from the Field   (726 KB)
Sierra Leone Civilians Are Working Hard to Rebuild Their Homes and Lives; A Personal Story: Neighborhood Reinvestment's ‘Rippling Effects'
 
Glancing Back (691 KB)
10 Years Ago in facts, figures and bright ideas; Neighborhood Reinvestment at 25: Personal Recollections II
 
NeighborWorks News Room  (1.33 MB)
Resident Leaders Honored with Dorothy Richardson Awards; Richard Stallings Retires in Pocatello; Providence Youth Complete Business Planning Course; Network Organization Aids Anti-Predatory Lending Effort; Connecticut Affiliates Merge in ‘New Strategic Partnership'; Network News Briefs
 
Inside Neighborhood Reinvestment   (607 KB)
25th Anniversary Celebration; Ellen Lazar Announces Resignation; District Director Resigns; Corporation Reassigns Affiliates