New Models for Better Communities
Five local initiatives from around the U.S. offer ideas others can learn from. Profiling the winners of Atlantic Media’s Renewal Awards.
Profiling the Winners of the 2016 Renewal Awards
Today, we put up a new project page on The Atlantic, collecting together a series of profiles on the winners…
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Paul Sancta / AP How Immigrants Are Helping to Revive Detroit
Ailing cities might have a lot to gain from nurturing enclaves of foreign-born residents, and their thriving businesses.
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Charles Dharapak / AP What If the Answer Isn't College but Longer High School?
Students attend P-Tech programs in New York for six years. They can leave with a high-school diploma, an associate’s degree, and a chance to work for IBM.
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Mark Blinch / Reuters Is There a Middle Ground Between Renting a House and Buying One?
A program in Vermont makes homeownership more accessible by covering down payments and then splitting the resulting profits.
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Mario Anzuoni/Reuters A Better Way to Help the Long-Term Unemployed
One successful program pays for an intensive training class, subsidizes wages for the jobless, and has an 80 percent placement rate. Can it be scaled?
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Toby Talbot / AP A New Business Strategy: Treating Employees Well
While some companies squeeze staff to make more money, a growing number are testing the theory that they can have both profits and happy workers.
