The Cleveland Model

Largest urban greenhouse in the country officially opens in central neighborhood

Douglas Guth

Fresh Water

May Day 2013: Another World is Possible

Lynne Fernandez

Epoch Times

Democracy Collaborative Presents to Illinois Governor's Task Force

Apr 19th, 2013

Public session April 24 on community wealth building

Next week in Chicago, Democracy Collaborative executive director Ted Howard will present testimony before the Governor's Task Force on Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Enterprise. The presentation will focus on a set of actionable policy recommendations to help position Illinois as the nation’s leader in community wealth building. The meeting will take place in room 314 at Roosevelt University’s Walter E. Heller College of Business, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

Bernanke Praises Jane Jacobs and Bottom-Up Solutions

Apr 18th, 2013

Fed Chairman calls for community engagement, collaboration and place-based investment

Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed the Fed’s Community Affairs Research Conference in Washington, DC, opening his speech by acknowledging that successful strategies to rebuild communities require “multipronged approaches that address housing, education, jobs and quality-of-life issues in a coherent, mutually consistent way.”

Ellen Macht on the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative

Apr 15th, 2013

CEO chats about developing the first cooperative business, Atlanta Lettuce Works

Last week, The Democracy Collaborative's Stephanie Geller had the opportunity to chat with Ellen Macht, President and CEO of the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative, about an exciting new project launched by The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to bring quality jobs, assets, and sustainable economic growth to Atlanta’s most marginalized neighborhoods.

Fault Lines: America's Jobs Crisis

This video provides an overview of the Evergreen model. It was developed by Fault Lines, which traveled to some of the regions hardest hit by the recession to explore some of the creative measures taken by local communities to combat the jobs crisis from the bottom up.

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