A Call For Book Chapters

Innovative Practices in Business Succession and Transition In many areas, especially rural communities, long-standing businesses including grocery stores, restaurants, etc. are closing in increasing numbers when owners reach or are nearing retirement age without local heirs interested in continuing the business. Often, a business has no succession plan, and some are too small to consider an […]

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A Call for Book Proposals

Interested in proposing a book in your area of community development? The Routledge-Community Development Society Book Series offers a range of options to publish your work. Building on a history of more than 50 years publishing Community Development, this book series seeks to contribute to the field’s growing and rapidly changing knowledge base as a resource […]

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2023 CDS Awards Open

Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work in community development? This praiseworthy work could involve could be teaching, research, direct outreach, or professional service. It could be done in a small community, a big city, across a large region. It could be based in the United States, Canada, or anywhere in the world. […]

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Help Lead CDS Into the Future

Board nominations for the 2023/2024 year will be opening next month. Please consider serving CDS as a Board member. Board members are responsible for attending Board meetings, leading committees, and providing overall direction to the organization. CDS will also be recruiting for the Vice Chair of Operations who will move into the Vice Chair Programs and […]

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CDS Journals – New Issue

Community Development, Volume 54, Issue 1 is now available – the first of 2023! [View info] CDS Members have full electronic access to both journals through our website. If you are a CDS Member, visit the “journals access” portion of the “Member Section” (make sure you are signed in), and then click the button for the […]

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