The Capstone Studio 2022 conducted research to support the Louisville Community Development Network (LCDN), a program of the Center for Neighborhoods (CFN) established in 2018. Working collaboratively with the LCDN, students created comprehensive maps of recent community development projects in Louisville, Kentucky; analyzed publicly available data from the St. Louis Federal Reserve to measure investment patterns occurring in Louisville and in peer cities; conducted an academic, intersectionality-based policy analysis of the recently adopted Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act; and developed a series of best practices for the development of affordable housing through cooperative models within Louisville’s neighborhoods.
