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Our monthly email newsletter provides an essential overview of the latest news and state of the art developments in community wealth building. Check out the archives below.

December 2010

The Evergreen Cooperative Initiative featured in PBS broadcast
Evergreen focus of NBC Nightly News story
Community Economic Development Embraces Shift in Practice
New York Times reporter Davis Segal article
The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads

October 2010

Seeds of Change Examines ACORN's Rise and Fall
Jane Addams Biography Highlights Early Community Partnerships
Community Economic Development Embraces Shift in Practice
What Can Community Groups Do?
Asset-Based Community Development Provides Antidote to Consumerism
Social Enterprises Gain Public Sector Funding in UK and US
Credit Unions Weather the Recession, Add Membership and Keep Lending
New Orleans Emerges From Hurricane Katrina's Shadow
Community-Owned Businesses Step Up to Fill In Market Gaps
Aspen Looks at Ways to Scale Up U.S. Microenterprise
Survey Highlights Social Enterprise Trends
Harkavy Calls on Universities to Expand Role in Local Community Development
Interview with John Taylor
Community Wealth Cities: New York, New York
Co-op Educators Gather in Cleveland to Discuss New Co-op Development
Asset Building Advocates Press for Shift to ‘Save and Invest' Economy
US Worker Co-op Federation Holds Fourth Biennial National Conference
Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Chicago News Cooperative
Colors
Connective Corridor
Sustainable Economies Law Center

July 2010

Study Documents High Social Costs of Sprawl
Reader Provides Comprehensive Look at Community Land Trust Movement
Fitzgerald Highlights Efforts To Create "Green" Future in U.S. Cities
Social Enterprise Guide Offers Best Practices, Tools, and Guidance
Communities Fight Back Against Absentee Investors
Brookings Calls for New Federal Approach to Revitalize Cities
Essays Examine Impact of Place-Based Community Development
Financial Insecurity Threatens African-American and Latino Seniors
Clean Cars Provide Green Jobs Opportunity
Households with Children Face Widening Asset Poverty
New CDC Census Highlights Industry Achievements
Asset-Building Legislation Gains Ground in FY 2011 Budget
University Endowment Speculation Hurts Local Communities
Obama's Budget Funds New Community Wealth Building Initiatives
C-W.org Interview with Melissa Hoover
Community Wealth Cities: New Orleans, Louisiana
Social Enterprise Leaders Seek Policy Advances
Co-op Annual Meetings Address Economic Transformation
Green Jobs Advocates Brace for Long Struggle
CDC Leaders Assess State of the Movement
California Center for Cooperative Development
Center for Community Progress
Ecotrust
Emerald Cities Collaborative
Tipitina's Music Office Co-op

April 2010

Community Wealth Building Efforts Grow in Rural America
Shared Equity Housing Builds Wealth, Study Finds
Foreclosures and Recession Deepen Racial Wealth Gap
Predatory Lending Undermines California's Minority Communities
Mondragón-Steelworker Partnership Shows Promise
Public Transit Generates Job Creation Bang for Stimulus Buck
Speth Calls for Rethinking of Environmentalism
Rising Work Hours Pose Challenges to Families and Communities
Community Development Finance Helps Build Healthy Communities
Community Lenders Respond to Changing Bank Practices
Food Access Boosts Local Communities
C-W.org Interview with Brenda Palms Barber
Community Wealth Cities: Seattle, Washington
Community Reinvestment Conference Attendees Confront Foreclosure Crisis
Community Development Bankers Association
New Economy Working Group
Triple Bottom Line Collaborative
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)

January 2010

New Book Uncovers Wide Variation in Social Enterprise Worldwide
Socially Responsible Investments Can Rebuild America
Community Food Enterprises Model Sustainable Business Practices
Bank of North Dakota Finances State's Way to Recovery
Community Schools Foster Academic and Social Uplift
Community Organizers Develop New Models of Civic Engagement
Drum Major Institute Outlines Federal Urban Policy Agenda
Advocates Advance the Case for Child Savings Accounts
Local Business Flourishes with Help of Targeted Policies
Social Mission Organizations Use New Tools to Evaluate Effectiveness
Report Examines Dynamics of Neighborhood Change
C-W.org Interview with Hilary Abell
Community Wealth Cities: Boston, Massachusetts
Environmental Justice Advocates Call for Inclusive Green Economy
Consumer, Industry, and Government Leaders Debate Financial Policy
TELACU (The East Los Angeles Community Union)
Engaged Institutions
Americans for Financial Reform
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation

November 2009

Study Highlights Wealth Building Effect of Community Land Trusts
Social Movements for Regional Equity Gain Ground
Book Calls for Return to Progressive Roots
Detroit and Oakland Exemplify Growing Urban Agriculture Movement
Steelworkers and Mondragón worker co-op network announce new alliance
Impact Investing Seeks to Harness Capital for Social and Environmental Benefit
Plastic Safety Net Highlights Problems of Consumer Debt
Urban Institute Examines Foreclosure Impacts on Families and Communities
Study Calls for Social Enterprise Solutions to the Challenges of Global Poverty
Community Development Banks Continue to Grow, Even in Sour Economy
Town-Gown Relations Evolve as Colleges Take on Economic Development Role
"Buy Local" Leader Calls for Local Stock Exchanges to Spur Development
Paper Highlights Innovative Uses of Stimulus Funds
Community Wealth Interviews: Steven McCullough
Community Wealth Cities: Buffalo, New York
Building the Worker Co-op Movement
Asset Coalition Toolkit for the States
Ohio Employee Ownership Center
TimeBanks USA
PUSH Buffalo (People United for Sustainable Housing) (Buffalo, NY)
IDA-Pays

July 2009

Turning the Economic Crisis into an Opportunity
Book Profiles Localist Movements in Global Economy
Social Enterprise Practitioners Develop Guide for Double-Bottom Line Ventures
Report Calls on Obama Administration To Put the "UD" Back in HUD
CDFI Develops Unique Model for Maine's Native American Community
Should the United States Create Its Own Sovereign Wealth Fund?
Neighborhood Stabilization Program Expands Potential for Land Banking
CDFI Leader Urges Arts Investment in the Wake of the Financial Crisis
National Survey Examines Neighborhood Stabilization Program Efforts
Growing Co-op Sector Now Exceeds $3 Trillion in Assets
Youngstown, Ohio Develops New Vision for Reclaiming Vacant Land
Community Wealth Interviews: Dan Kildee, Treasurer of Genesee County of Michigan since 1997, Founder and CEO of the Genesee Land Bank.
Community Wealth Cities: Los Angeles, California
Summit Aims to Extend Social Enterprise in New Directions
Conference Promotes Innovation in Community Development Strategy
Co-op Annual Meetings Address Economic and Environmental Challenges
Reclamation Activists Discuss Potential Remedies to Foreclosure Wave
CommunityCollab
Community Innovators Lab at MIT
PolicyForResults.org
Homeboy Industries

April 2009

Report Casts Lens on Enduring U.S. Racial Economic Divide
Book Charts Rise of the "Free Culture" Movement
Community Groups Seek to Bring "Green Recovery" Home
Asset Building Advocates Hail Community Approaches to Building Wealth
Social Entrepreneur Michael Shuman Takes to the Road to Promote "Buy Local"
Will Green Jobs Be Good Jobs?
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Calls for New Federal Housing Policy
Can Mission-Focused Investing Achieve Scale?
CDFI Legislation at the State Level Hits All Time High
Report Surveys State Responses to Foreclosure Crisis
CDFI Leaders Issue Call For Public Benefit Principles to Govern Finance
Community Wealth Interviews: Mark Pinsky, CEO of the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)
Community Wealth Cities: Denver, Colorado
Labor, Environmentalists Seek Common Ground at Green Jobs Conference
NACEDA Conference
Americans for Community Development
Go.Coop
More for Mission Investing
Urban Land Conservancy

January 2009

Shared Ownership Strategies Offer Promise for Building Wealth
A Green Prescription for Our Economic Blues?
Employee-Owned Companies Respond to Economic Downturn
Social Franchising: Coming to a Nonprofit Near You?
Report Profiles Concentrated Poverty in the United States
Land Bank Policies Offer Opportunities for Creating Community Wealth
Community Banking: Bigger Isn't Always Better
Survey Highlights Co-op Sector's Role across the Country
Can Federal Economic Development Leaders Learn from State & Local Models?
California's Energy Efficiency Policies Lead to Economic Gains
Guide Demystifies Mission-Related Investment
Ramón León, founding Executive Director of Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC)
Community Wealth Cities: Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Community Land Trusts Aim to Expand Neighborhood Stabilization Efforts
Forum Fosters Common Ground among Wealth Building Advocates
CasePlace.org
Innovation@cfed
Stablecommunities.org
Northland Poster Collective

October 2008

Shelterforce Examines Impact of Rising "Green" Tide on Community Wealth
Universities Launch Coalition to Link Universities to America's Cities
Report Highlights Wealth Building in Smaller "Rust Belt" Cities
Book Outlines Vision for a "Green Collar Economy"
New England's Cooperative Capital Fund Attracts Social Investors
New America Foundation Offers Broad Menu of Asset Policy Options
Chronology Traces the Historical Development of Social Enterprise
Local Grocery Stores Grow Out of Fresh Food Financing Initiative
Coalition Surveys On-the-Ground Community Wealth Building Efforts
Guide Identifies Steps to Building a Sustainable Food Movement
Goodwin College Promotes Community Revitalization in East Hartford
Keeping Up to Speed: Action Needed to Boost Broadband Infrastructure
C-W Interview: Rodney North of Equal Exchange
C-W Cities: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Conference Reports: Asset Learning Conference Participants Seek To Build Wealth in Hard Times
Cooperative Development Institute
Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives
Transportation For America
Weavers Way Co-op

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