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With the support of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the National Community Land Trust Academy has set up this website as its first case study. A project of the Madison Area Community Land Trust, Troy Gardens provides a useful illustration of what it takes to development a community land trust project because: (1) it includes a wide variety of land uses, (2) it provides a model of conservation-based affordable housing development, and (3) almost every conceivable issue was encountered during the development process.

The Community Land Trust section of The New Economic Institute's website provides a useful overview of the history and theory behind the land trust model.  The site also provides links to articles, events, supportive organizations, a directory, online handbook, and three land trust projects.

Founded in 1973, this Chicago-based research institute promotes community reinvestment and economic development in lower-income and minority communities. It has also served as an important advocacy group, specifically on the issue of enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act provisions that oblige banks to invest in their communities.

Indivisible is a national documentary project exploring community life in America today. Through photographs and recorded voices, Indivisible focuses on the real-life stories of struggle and change in twelve communities—from Delray Beach, Florida, to Ithaca, New York; from the North Pacific Coast of Alaska to Chicago's Southwest side; from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to the Yaak Valley, Montana.

The San Francisco Federal Reserve publishes the quarterly on-line periodical, Community Investments Online. As well, it maintains the Center for Community Development Investments and a host of on-line resources about Community Reinvestment Act review schedules, an important tool for community groups seeking to keep local financial institutions accountable.

The Chicago Federal Reserve, both through its publication, Profitwise, and through a number of national conferences that it has sponsored, has been an important research center on issues concerning community development financial institutions.

Sponsored by the National Housing Institute, Shelterforce is a leading periodical of the community development community.

The LISC Online Resource Library provides a host of practical community development resources on affordable housing, land use and planning, and organizational development issues.

This is the leading federal government research site regarding issues of housing and urban development. The site is host to over 800 publications and data sets.