Putting Theory Into Practice: How a Bus Tour Demonstrated Neighborhood Revitalization in Indianapolis

Published: November 17, 2011

A theory can look great on paper. But seeing that theory applied in a real-life setting can make all the difference between having people agree with it, and having people enthusiastically working to apply it.

That’s what happened on November 15, 2011, when Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) took a bus full of Detroit community development partners and community stakeholders to Indianapolis, Indiana. There, our colleagues at Indianapolis LISC hosted a lunch, a panel discussion, and a bus tour throughout some of their Building Sustainable Communities neighborhoods. The goal: To see how the Building Sustainable Communities (BSC) strategy was already making a real difference in neighborhoods not unlike those in Detroit, and to demonstrate the viability of BSC as a theory that can work to revitalize Detroit’s neighborhoods. Read the rest of this entry →

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