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This workbook tells the story of Savannah’s experience in developing a citizen-centered city government that allowed it to work productively with local residents to improve troubled neighborhoods and build a…
This new volume brings together three articles that explore different aspects of the relationship between local communities and the newspapers that print stories about them. In “A Guide to Developing…
This workbook explores these questions: How do you build your rural community from the inside out? How do you find and mobilize the assets of your small town and rural…
About the BookNorthern British Columbia is a place of rich cultures, diverse communities, and a strong sense of identity. The future of this vast, resource-rich region and the people who…
Building on the legacy of pioneering Scottish and, later, Dutch immigrants, St. Andrews, a rural agricultural community of 1,100 people located in northeast Nova Scotia, has maintained an over two…
Have you ever wondered how much money comes into, or flows out of your local economy or household? The Digital Leaky Bucket (DLB) is an online version of a tool…
A new report from PolicyLink examines the economic development benefits of improving healthy food access. Authors Erin Hagan and Victor Rubin argue that new grocery stores, corner stores, farmer’s markets,…
Models and Best Practices The research presented in this document emerged as part of the momentum described above. It was designed to build on the findings of earlier reports, and…
Non-profits have played a vital role in building communities in Canada and continue to make important contributions to developing public infrastructure. Canada has a large non-profit and voluntary sector, and…
After previous recessions, the long term unemployed, those on low incomes and the people living in our poorest communities have often been last in line to benefit from recovery. As…
The challenges of economic transformation are being felt around the world. Prospering in this shifting environment requires an approach to economic development that recognizes that this issue cannot be addressed…
This reader is an early project of the B.C. – Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). Sharing key readings relevant to BALTA’s central research questions was viewed as an efficient…
