Roland Anglin, Ph.D.  

Rutgers University

“Looking to the Future: Collaboration as Innovation in People and Place Development”

 Friday, March 29, 2013 – 12:20pm
Faculty Lounge, 3rd floor Armitage Hall

Metropolitan development patterns that developed in force after World War II encouraged significant population shifts away from central cities, leaving reduced tax bases in core cities to support public services and redevelopment. Many cities and communities have found ways, however, to improve key policies and enhance both the local economy and the quality of life.  Increasingly, significant policy outcomes are the result of an innovative amalgam of efforts by federal, state, and local government, community development corporations, education reformers, juvenile justice reformers and other all working to promote evidence based solutions. This talk explore some empirical evidence to place the impact of what some have called networked governance and puts forth a guarded judgment on the meaning for urban and metropolitan development.  Click here for the event flyer. 

Friday, April 26, 2013 — 11am – 1:30pm

CURE/APPAM Webinar: University Engagement in Community Development

 The Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE) at Rutgers-Camden, in cooperation with the Association of Public Policy and Management (APPAM), is hosting a conference and Webinar that will 1) highlight the importance and desirability of university engagement in community development, engendering interaction between scholars and practitioners; and 2) illustrate the experience of several universities in creating and implementing initiatives that contribute to community development in their host communities. The Institutional Member Forum will provide academics and practitioners involved in such efforts the opportunity to reflect on the successes, failures, and lessons learned when Universities participate in or provide support for community development efforts. The forum will be available online at APPAM.org.  Panelists include Wendell Pritchett – Chancellor of Rutgers University’s Camden campus, John Kromer- former Director of the Office of Housing for the City of Philadelphia and former Director of the Camden Redevelopment Agency, and Kathe Newman – Director, Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement, Rutgers University, NB.