Podcast: Common ground at work: From disaster to success

Delaware’s rapid demographic and economic shifts have placed affordability and equitable development at the center of public debate. As housing costs rise and immigrant communities grow—particularly in Sussex and Kent Counties—local organizations are stepping in where traditional systems fall short. Supported by the Delaware Community Foundation (DCF), groups like La Esperanza and NeighborGood Partners are demonstrating how community-led strategies can strengthen economic mobility, stabilize neighborhoods, and expand opportunity for families who have long been excluded from mainstream pathways to prosperity.

"We have a fund called the Arsht-Cannon Fund, which has for 15 years been funding Latino serving organizations in the state of Delaware and really putting on the map that these are our neighbors," said Stuart Comstock-Gay, President and CEO of DCF. These are people who are creating businesses, and going to our schools and really creating communities that are great. And that fund and the people who lead that fund are constantly looking for which are the organizations that are serving people while listening to the community and how can we help them be stronger."