Portland, OR
People's Free Space
http://www.peoplesfreespace.org/

Louisville, KY
The Brick House
http://www.brickhouse.cc/

Austin, TX
Rhizome Collective
http://www.rhizomecollective.org/

Philadelphia, PA
LAVA Zone
http://www.lavazone.org/

Two articles attached; the first quotes from the second. Both articles offer criticism of the neoliberal approach to community development, pointing out socioeconomic disparity which results, and propose alternatives.

"Between Survival and Revolution: Another Community Development System is Possible" by Robert E. Thibault