American Communities Trust
Community Development Services
Starting in 2012, ACT will launch our community development services initiative. This initiative will focus on creating strategic community development partnerships and providing technical assistance to communities and organizations where major investments in physical infrastructure, business creation, and community facilities and are being made.
Our goal is to ensure that private and public investments in low-income communities create real and lasting benefits to areas residents, and that these benefits are measured and sustained over time. We help develop and manage community investment strategies with a specific focus on leveraging and strengthening existing community assets, and work to create a collaborative and inclusive program that is accountable to the community it affects, and equitable in its distribution of benefits and burdens.
Creating a shared prosperity for all people is an achievable and realistic goal of any community economic development initiative. However, it is not easy, it is not quick, and it does not work unless there is a true desire to create a positive impact for the entire the community.
Investment projects in low-income neighborhoods can act as a catalyst for community good, spreading beyond an investment footprint into many neighborhoods and homes. Developing strong partnerships, programs, and investing in your community has proven time and time again to drive value and attract additional resources which benefit all.
ACT’s work is focused on the simple idea that supporting and investing in communities with the intention and commitment to improving the lives of all residents will lead to safe, healthy and prosperous neighborhoods.
Our goal is to ensure that private and public investments in low-income communities create real and lasting benefits to areas residents, and that these benefits are measured and sustained over time. We help develop and manage community investment strategies with a specific focus on leveraging and strengthening existing community assets, and work to create a collaborative and inclusive program that is accountable to the community it affects, and equitable in its distribution of benefits and burdens.
Creating a shared prosperity for all people is an achievable and realistic goal of any community economic development initiative. However, it is not easy, it is not quick, and it does not work unless there is a true desire to create a positive impact for the entire the community.
Investment projects in low-income neighborhoods can act as a catalyst for community good, spreading beyond an investment footprint into many neighborhoods and homes. Developing strong partnerships, programs, and investing in your community has proven time and time again to drive value and attract additional resources which benefit all.
ACT’s work is focused on the simple idea that supporting and investing in communities with the intention and commitment to improving the lives of all residents will lead to safe, healthy and prosperous neighborhoods.