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 Welcome!
Our goal is to provide you with the web's most comprehensive
and up-to-date information resource on state-of-the-art strategies
for democratic, community-based economic development.
The resources offered here include directories, breaking news, publications, and conference
information, as well as cutting-edge initiatives from cities, states, community development
corporations, employee-owned
firms, land
trusts, non-profit
organizations, co-ops, universities,
and more.
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America Beyond Capitalism
 How thousands of co-ops, worker-owned businesses, land trusts, and municipal enterprises are beginning to democratize the deep substructure of the American economy, with a new introduction by the author, Gar Alperovitz, and a new foreword by James Gustave Speth.
More info and ordering at www.garalperovitz.com/abc »
The Road Half Traveled
 This report shows how universities can embrace their role as anchors to build community wealth.
report-axelroth-dubb.pdf (1MB) »
Download the full PDF, e-book or
individual chapters »
Climate Change, Community Stability, and the Next 150 Million Americans
 Curbing carbon emissions requires far more than technical know-how. Putting forth a vision of green community wealth building, linked to sophisticated and decentralized planning, The Democracy Collaborative's latest study outlines an integrated strategy to meet the sustainability challenge.
More info and download »
Growing a Green Economy for All: From Green Jobs to Green Ownership
 This Democracy Collaborative report provides the first comprehensive survey of community wealth building institutions in the green economy. Featuring ten cases, the report identifies how policy and philanthropy can build on these examples to create "green jobs you can own."
More info and download »
Rebuilding America's Communities: A Federal Community Wealth Building Proposal
 Anyone concerned about the state of America's communities today must give serious thought to how public policy can support on-the-ground practitioners. This report from The Democracy Collaborative outlines an ambitious 10-year strategy to meet that goal.
report-alperovitz-et-al.pdf (1MB) »
Linking
Colleges to Communities
 How
can universities leverage their resources for community benefit?
This report from The Democracy Collaborative outlines a comprehensive
strategy to meet that goal.
report-linking.pdf
(1MB) »
Building
Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic
Problems
 The first across-the-board survey of innovative, asset-based strategies
that are advancing social purposes.
Read the press release
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Executive Summary
(PDF 1.75MB) »
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Aspen Institute Bookstore »
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New Partners for Smart Growth
San Diego, CA | Feb 2-4, 2012
New Partners' 11th annual conference, "Sun, Surf, and Smart Growth" brings together thinkers, activists, community leaders, and elected officials on the Pacific Coast to learn about and share their experiences in creating "livable communities."
www.newpartners.org
Transforming Local Governance Conference
Kansa City, MO | Apr 18-20
Presented by the Alliance for Innovation, the 2012 TLG Conference engages local governments that are deliberately seeking new and innovative ways to connect people, information and ideas that support their efforts to be the best communities in which to live, work, and prosper.
www.tlgconference.org
2012 NCRC Annual Conference
Washington, DC | Apr 18-21
Bringing together hundreds of community leaders, bankers, legislators, regulators, academics and others, the 2012 NCRC (National Community Reinvestment Coalition) conference aims to increase access to financial services for people of low and moderate incomes.
www.ncrc.org
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