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About NACEDA
Today more than 4,600 Community Economic Development (CED) organizations (also known as Community Development Corporations, or CDCs) from coast to coast are working with residents to strengthen their communities by building affordable and mixed income housing, spearheading ambitious neighborhood economic development strategies, and providing essential services for youth, families, seniors, people with disabilities and the homeless. There are 4,600 CDCs nationwide located in inner cities, small cities and in rural areas; 25% of all CDCs are faith-based. CEDs generally perform these functions:
From 1988 to 2005 CDCs produced/created 1.3 million homes, 774,000 new jobs and 126 million sq feet of commercial/industrial space.
Concerned about not having a national voice, fifteen state community economic development associations came together in 2006 to form NACEDA – the National Alliance of CED Associations – as a vehicle for developing and pursuing a national community agenda. NACEDA also works to strengthen and expand the role of state community economic development associations in promoting the efforts of local CDCs, and building the capacity and reach of the CDC field. NACEDA serves its membership through:
Our Fact Sheet contains
more detail about NACEDA, its mission, its programs, its projects. Our Board of Directors
Irene Baldwin, Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
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