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What COVID-19 Can Teach Us About Investing In The Community
As disruptions spread, it’s plain to see we need to invest more in community organizations and institutions.
I was debating whether to write anything this week given what the world is encountering in the COVID-19 outbreak. We’ve all seen, in ways both major and minor, disruption to our institutions and lives, and in times such as these, the truly important things tend to come into clearer focus.
Among the truly important things, I’m fairly certain blogging isn’t one of them.
On Friday, though, I read an interesting piece from Lee Chilcote for Cleveland Scene, and after ruminating on it for the better part of a day, had a small inkling of an idea I wanted to express. So here I am to express it.
Chilcote investigates the current state of Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in Cleveland, and that hit close to home for me. I got my start in urban planning at a CDC in the Linden neighborhood of Columbus, and have spent the past dozen years working in the community development field.
(I hope to one day find my way back to working at a CDC, once I feel I’ve accomplished what I need to in a local government role. It’s rewarding work, and has the potential to make such a…
