Burlington Associates in Community Development

05/16/2024

Community Land Trusts are more than just housing—they’re about cultivating vibrant, stable communities. CLTs provide land for collective community benefit, safeguarding affordable housing, gardens, and civic buildings to support long-term community needs. On we share CLTs rich history and diverse stories to highlight the role of CLTs in creating spaces where everyone belongs. Check out CLTs global history at https://worldcltday.org/about-clts/

03/22/2024

Mark your calendars for World CLT Day, taking place this year on May 17-18! Keep an eye on our page next week for an official announcement regarding .

Stay tuned and get ready to join the celebration!

10/01/2022

A new book has just been published by Terra Nostra Press, featuring a brilliant group of practitioners associated with community land trusts in Boston, Brussels, Houston, London, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. A free download of the book's Introduction is available at: https://cltweb.org/terra-nostra-press/community-matters/

10/21/2021

THIS LAND IS OUR LAND • DIT IS ONZE GROND • LA TERRE, NOTRE BIEN COMMUN !

C'est le thème de la Journée Mondiale des CLT, en reconnaissance de l'objectif commun des CLT - utiliser la terre pour construire des projets sociaux, durables et dynamiques.

Vous souhaitez en savoir plus ? ➡ https://cltweb.org/worldcltday/

08/08/2020

The first volume in the COMMON GROUND MONOGRAPH series — and the first of several to be translated into Spanish – is now available from Terra Nostra Press. The monograph’s five chapters explore the problem of land tenure insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as a strategy for addressing it: community control of land. More information at:

Center for Community Land Trust Innovation • Preserving the past, exploring the future of the international community land trust movement.

07/20/2020

"It was a courageous and brilliant idea to bring people together in a new way of thinking. Cooperative land ownership - not just an individual, but a community." - Congressman John Lewis, from Arc of Justice

07/08/2020

John Emmeus Davis is the guru of community land trusts, and one of the 3 editors of the recently released book "On Common Ground: International Perspectives on the Community Land Trust." Davis said, “Not only does this book highlight successful CLTs, it is self-critical as well, examining how CLTs can do better; how we must up our game to serve more people; how we must enhance our dedication to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Click here to read more. https://www.urbanlandc.org/announcements/partner-spotlight-of-the-month-john-emmeus-davis/?fbclid=IwAR1XdG96MWgAUciGYU9tgISlqHAeUgFZxTHm-fZQ0F-Tc_kK9IxxV9zmS4M

06/26/2020

A new book about the worldwide growth and diversification of community land trusts has been published by Terra Nostra Press. Edited by John Emmeus Davis, Line Algoed, and Maria E Hernandez Torrales, with original essays written by 42 scholars and practitioners from 12 different countries, it is entitled ON COMMON GROUND: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST. More information about the book's contents and contributors -- and a short video interview with the three editors -- can be found at:

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12/12/2018