Local Residents' Wishes and Black College/Black Church Community Development Corporations

This paper focuses on the priorities of Blacks about the changes, e.g., decreased crime, which would make life in their neighborhoods a satisfying experience. This preferential information about neighborhood satisfaction was collected from Blacks in 19 sites, in the South and Southwest, who lived near a Black college or church community development corporation (CDC). According to the results, respondents living near a black church CDC made decreasing crime a priority while those near a Black college CDC were concerned about economic issues. The survey provides information that CDCs can use to create programs that fit with residents' wishes and increase neighborhood satisfaction.