Beyond Resilience: Actions for a Just Metropolis
June 6th, 2013 to June 8th, 2013
Scaling Up The Cooperative Economy
Regional alliances and collaborations help spread cooperative business models
At the 2013 Cooperative Issues Forum, hosted by the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) on May 8th at the National Press Club, representatives of three equally exemplary, but very different projects, outlined how they had used regional collaboration to advance the cooperative economy. Read more about Scaling Up The Cooperative Economy...
Employee Ownership Conference
April 8th, 2014 to April 10th, 2014
American Planning Association National Conference
April 26th, 2014 to April 30th, 2014
Urban Affairs Association Conference
March 19th, 2014 to March 22nd, 2014
National Association of Development Organizations Washington Policy Conference
March 24th, 2014 to March 26th, 2014
National Association of Development Organizations Annual Training Conference
August 24th, 2013 to August 27th, 2013
ACE Annual Meeting
March 8th, 2014 to March 11th, 2014
Worker Co-op New Era Windows Opens For Business
From sit-down strikes to state subsidies
Last week, the New Era Windows cooperative celebrated its opening in a former Campbell’s Soup building in Chicago, the culmination of a hard-fought struggle by workers to save their livelihoods. Their well-documented struggle began in 2008 when the workers of Republic Windows and Doors occupied the factory to keep it from closing, attracting national attention. Read more about Worker Co-op New Era Windows Opens For Business...
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
February 13th, 2014 to February 15th, 2014
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What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution
Read more...New book from political economist and historian Gar Alperovitz, the co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative, outlines how we can democratize wealth and build a community sustaining economy from the ground up.
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Green City Growers Cooperative
Watch the latest video from the Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland Ohio to learn all about their recently-opened state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse: the worker-owned Green City Growers Cooperative.
What is Community Wealth?
How do you build community wealth? Here's some of the basic principles of a successful approach:
Community Wealth Cities
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The largest city in New Mexico and one of the country’s most culturally diverse, Albuquerque is a rapidly growing metropolis in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley. Known as a hub for scientific and technological innovation — particularly in the energy sector — Albuquerque is also a center of Southwestern culture, with deep ties to its Native American heritage. Community wealth building organizations are working to protect this heritage and ensure that all residents equitably benefit in the face of rapid economic growth.
Community Wealth Interviews
Rob Witherell
This month we interviewed Rob Witherell, representative for the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In addition to working on contract negotiations, benefits analysis, research and organizing, Witherell has also led the United Steelworkers’ efforts on developing union co-ops and is the union’s lead liaison with the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation. In this interview, Witherell discusses what elevated co-op organizing to the top of the Steelworker agenda, commonalities between labor unions and cooperatives, how the union co-op model will work, what its challenges will be, and key accomplishments of the movement to date.
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An Illinois Community Wealth Building Action Agenda
Read more...On April 24th, The Democracy Collaborative’s Executive Director Ted Howard presented testimony before Illinois’ Governor’s Task Force on Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise. His presentation and companion brief outlined low-cost, high-return steps that could be implemented in Illinois to help build stronger communities.
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Access to Capital: Growing Local Businesses, Financing Entrepreneurs, Building Strong Economies
Read more...This guidebook organized by the California Financial Opportunities Roundtable (CalFOR) identifies roadblocks to and develops recommendations for leveraging existing resources and expanding opportunities for sustainable economic development, job growth and wealth creation. Solutions range from micro-finance to new bonding authorities as well as innovations within traditional investment classes.
