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Every city in the United States has neighborhoods that are troubled, with deteriorating housing, streets and sidewalks in disrepair, crime that keeps families indoors and residents who have lost their sense of community pride. Residents and professionals representing all sectors — from community-based organizations and private foundations to government and corporate America — are involved in neighborhood revitalization efforts. They are working to create and nurture more livable places where families can live, work and play.
Professional Certificates
The Community and Neighborhood Revitalization Professional Certificate
This credential focuses on transforming neighborhoods that lack vitality and suffer from stagnant or declining property values into neighborhoods of choice — places where residents and businesses want to invest their time, energy and money. Participants who earn this professional certificate will possess the knowledge and tools needed to facilitate positive neighborhood change.
Creative Community Development Professional Certificate
This certificate program will give participants the knowledge and tools to contribute to an emerging body of research and practice regarding the role of arts and culture in building housing and equitable, sustainable, and healthy communities.
Participants will be introduced to a variety of resources, case studies, and analytic techniques to understand creative community development strategies and measure the impact of arts and culture in community development. And participants will develop a roadmap to support their work and apply how arts and culture can strengthen and build more inclusive communities.
See Below for Program Details:
Candidates
How to Earn a Professional Certificate
Program Coursework
Online Testing
Candidates
Interested individuals at all levels of experience may enroll in the Professional Certificate Programs in Community and Neighborhood Revitalization.
The programs are particularly valuable for:
- Neighborhood revitalization consultants and educators.
- Staff and boards of community development organizations.
- Officers and residents representing neighborhood organizations.
- Funders of neighborhood revitalization.
- Urban planners, designers and architects.
- Elected officials and public-sector staff.
Participants will hone the skills to develop and implement strategies that will:
- Increase the capacity of residents and other stakeholders to manage neighborhood change.
- Increase residents’ confidence and participation in initiatives to shape their neighborhood’s future.
- Stimulate demand for housing and other investment opportunities.
- Support the development of healthy, mixed-income neighborhoods.
- Create and preserve affordable housing in "hot" markets.
- Cultivate collaborations that promote and sustain revitalization.
- Raise the profile of the arts and cultural offerings to enhance the quality of community life.
How to Earn a Professional Certificate
Individuals seeking to earn a professional certificate in community and neighborhood revitalization must:
- Submit the enrollment form.
- Complete all coursework, practical exercises and tests within three years.
- Pass the final exam/practicum.
It is possible to complete all program requirements in as few as three NeighborWorks Training Institutes. With prior approval from training division staff, candidates may receive credit for relevant courses taken no more than two years prior to enrollment.
Candidates must take the online tests for the applicable required courses. Learn more about online testing for professional certificate program courses.
For answers to questions, call 800-438-5547 or 202-760-4000, or email [email protected].
Program Coursework
The Professional Certificate Program for Community and Neighborhood Revitalization consists of a series of courses that provide the theoretical framework, specialized tools and technical skills necessary to design and carry out successful neighborhood revitalization. Listed below are the required and elective courses for earning each of the professional certificates.
Community and Neighborhood Revitalization Professional Certificate
Required course:
Select two:
- NR101 The Essential Tools of Successful Neighborhood Revitalization OR NR101vcx The Essential Tools of Successful Neighborhood Revitalization – Accelerated
- NR102 Strategies to Meaningfully Engage Stakeholders in Revitalization Planning OR NR102vcx Strategies to Meaningfully Engage Stakeholders in Revitalization Planning – Accelerated
- NR104 Getting Things Done in Neighborhoods through Strategic Collaborations
- NR150 Understanding Your Community, Analyzing Your Market
Select one:
- NR116 Building Community and Promoting Equity through Revitalization
- NR171 Community Development: Past, Present and Future
- NR261 Strategies for More Livable Neighborhoods
- NR400 Urban Dynamics of a Great American City
- NR405 Metropolitan Dynamics: The Urbanization of Suburbia
Select two:
- NR115 Leveraging Market Forces to Attract Investment in Neighborhood Revitalization OR NR115vcx Developing High-Impact Strategies for CCD in Places - Accelerated
- NR118 Working with Tenants and Small Landlords to Revitalize the Neighborhood
- NR220 Revitalization Strategies to Address Vacant Properties
- NR270 Walkability and Bikeability for Healthy, Vibrant Neighborhoods
Select two:
- NR124 Reading a Neighborhood: What a Walk Around the Block Can Tell You
- NR133 Engaging and Preparing the Next Generation
- NR253 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: How Urban Design Can Make or Break Your Revitalization Strategy
- NR257 Working with Municipal Government Agencies
- NR276 Creating a Fantastic Image for Your Neighborhood
- NR369 Lending and Rehab Strategies for Maximum Impact
Creative Community Development Professional Certificate Program
This certificate requires the successful completion of these three courses:
