U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of University Partnerships
1998 Community Outreach Partnerships Centers Conference
Promoting Sustainable Community/University Partnerships That Promote Urban Revitalization Through Resident Empowerment and Local Capacity-Building
September
24-25, 1998
East St. Louis, Illinois
 Conference SummaryRepresentatives from approximately eighty U.S. colleges and universities funded to promote community development partnerships in distressed urban and rural areas by the Office of University Partnerships of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development met in East St. Louis, Illinois, on Thursday and Friday, September 24th and 25th, 1998, to discuss the opportunities, challenges and policy implications of their work. CharettesResident-led urban problem-solving charettes focused on pressing housing, economic and environmental problems confronting East St. Louis's five Enterprise Communities. Resident PanelReflections on the East St. Louis Action Research Project from a Community Perspective. CommentsView comments from conference attendees. ImagesView images from Day 1 and Day 2 of the conference Coming Soon...Look for abstracts, reports, and more. To be informed of updates get the ESLARP Newsletter.
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