Journal of Urban Affairs/February, 2019
Adelyn Hall, Community Learning Center Institute’s Director of Housing and Community Revitalization, published a review of the book Neighborhood change and neighborhood action: The struggle to create neighborhoodsthat serve urban needs by R. Allen Hays in the February issue of Journal of Urban Affairs.
In today’s urban landscape of declining city budgets and burgeoning need,public/private partnerships have buoyed many developments throughout the nation … there are many smaller (and perhaps less controversial) examples throughout the city, whereby public–private partnerships have proven a great success.
One example is the creation of Community Learning Centers in all Cincinnati public schools. Partners co-located inside the schools receive no public funds but operate through funding from companies and philanthropies. As an example,Mercy Health has a co-located clinic inside Sayler Park Elementary School and sustains itself by opening its doors to the school and community alike and simply bills insurance, as it would at a stand-alone location.