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Pictured left to right in from of a Clinton Global Initiative step-and-repeat banner: Cait Garozzo, Executive Director of The Skills Initiative; Liz Alkire, AFA's Director of Workforce; and Anne Bovaird Nevins, Chief of Economic & Community Impact
Newsletters
| Economic & Community Development, Featured, Housing, Workforce Development
  • Newsletters
  • | Economic & Community Development, Featured, Housing, Workforce Development

Two Commitments, Three Years of Local Impact

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A screenshot of the cover of the Mayor's Action Guide for the 21st Century Road to Housing
Reports
| Housing
  • Reports
  • | Housing

The ROAD to Local Results

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Newsletters
  • Newsletters

AFA adds local elected, national philanthropic leaders to its Advisory Council

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Mary Ellen Wiederohl, pictured center right, with former Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and the city's economic development staff in 2018 in the library at the Omni Hotel.
Newsletters
| Economic & Community Development, Housing, Transit & Infrastructure
  • Newsletters
  • | Economic & Community Development, Housing, Transit & Infrastructure

The Expanding Mandate: Rethinking Economic Development for People and Place

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Screenshot of Public Asset Corporation Playbook cover
Reports
| Economic & Community Development, Housing
  • Reports
  • | Economic & Community Development, Housing

Public Assets Corporations Playbook

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AFA’s Ross van Dongen with the Johnson County United Drop and Ride Shuttle outside of Kansas City International Airport. 
Newsletters
| Transit & Infrastructure
  • Newsletters
  • | Transit & Infrastructure

Testing Transit on the Global Stage: AFA & Johnson County Unite for the World Cup in Kansas City

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CFON Cohort participants stand in front of a blue home amid the snow as part of a tour of Chicago's Unblocked Englewood and Reclaiming Chicago projects.
Newsletters
| Economic & Community Development, Housing
  • Newsletters
  • | Economic & Community Development, Housing

From Grantmaking to Game-Changing: How Community Foundations Can Shape Local Housing

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Newsletters
| Economic & Community Development
  • Newsletters
  • | Economic & Community Development

Attn Local Leaders: OZ Designation Toolkit is Here

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Newsletters
| Transit & Infrastructure
  • Newsletters
  • | Transit & Infrastructure

Local Leaders, National Impact: AFA’s Work During Infrastructure Week 2026

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Newsletters
| Economic & Community Development, Transit & Infrastructure
  • Newsletters
  • | Economic & Community Development, Transit & Infrastructure

Happy Economic Development Week!

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