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Purpose Built Communities

Routinizing the Extraordinary

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2013 | Impact
Read More: Healthy Communities, Community, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Public Health, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Community Development, Purpose Built Communities, Impact News
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D.

As long as where you live predicts how long and how well you live -- regardless of how hard you work to get ahead -- new approaches must focus on strategies that have proven to build healthier and stronger communities. This is how we can make every community extraordinary.

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Neighborhood Revitalization: A Real Solution to Overcoming Poverty

Shirley Franklin | Posted 01.12.2013 | Impact
Read More: Mixed-Income Communities, Poverty, Concentrated Poverty, Purpose Built Communities, Neighborhood Revitalization, Overcoming Poverty, Opportunity-Working, Low-Income Communities, Mixed-Income Housing, Impact News
Shirley Franklin

When it comes to poverty, not much has changed in the last 25 years. But neighborhood revitalization provides a viable solution to the cycle of despair making a nightmare of the American dream.

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East Lake - Where 'Winning' Involves Much More than a Big Paycheck

Elisa Gaudet | Posted 11.24.2012 | Sports
Read More: Golf, Atlanta, FedEx Cup, Playoffs, Bobby Jones, Purpose Built Communities, East Lake Golf Club, Tom Cousins, Pga Tour, Sports News
Elisa Gaudet

Who would have thought that East Lake Golf Club, the home golf course of Bobby Jones and the man who transformed the game of golf, would be the model for transforming a community?

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Warren Buffett Tackles Poverty In Inner-City Neighborhoods

USA Today | Posted 11.30.2011 | Impact
Read More: Warren Buffett, Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Indianapolis, Video, Julian Robertson, Urban Redevelopment, Purpose Built Communities, Tom Cousins, Impact News

Warren Buffett was in Indianapolis this week to lend his support to a new holistic approach to urban redevelopment. It's an idea he's betting will hel...

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