Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development (Hardcover)

What Is Community Economic Development?
The CED Intermediaries
Expanding Capital Access
Support for Community Economic Development
Summary
Endnotes
Searching for Sustainable Community Economic Development
What Can Be Done?
Rethinking People and Place Development
Putting People First
Livable and Sustainable Communities
Brownfield Redevelopment
Reusing Steel from Automobiles to Build Affordable Housing
Summary
Endnotes
Public Sector Innovation and Community Economic Development
Leadership and Innovation
Community Economic Development Capacity
Community Building and Development
Assets and Agency
Changing Strategies in Workforce Development
School Reform for Sustainable Community Economic Development
The Role of Higher Education
Summary
Endnotes
Locally Based Community Economic Development Institutions: A Base for Innovation
Community Development Corporations
Government Support
Community Reinvestment Act
The Low Income Housing Tax Credit
New Markets Tax Credit Program
The Management Challenge
The Unity Council: Connecting Transit-Oriented Development to Community Economic Development
The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development: Bridging the Regional Divide
Preserving Individual Assets
Research and Policy
Summary
Endnotes
The Role of Community Economic Development Intermediaries
Expanding the Supply of Capital: Public Sector Support of Community Development Finance
Building Capacity on the Community Side
NeighborWorks America
Building Strong Communities
The Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Connecting the Basics
Enterprise Community Partners
Experimentation and Innovation
Regional and Local Intermediaries
Neighborhood Partnership Inc.: Less Is More
Summary
Institutional Strength Conditions Innovation and Policy Leadership
CED Intermediaries Augment the Field by Routinizing the
Development Process
Linking Mainstream Markets and CED
Leading the Way for Sustainable Community Economic Development
Endnotes
Community Building and Development
Are Community Development and Community Building Different?
Reintroducing Old Friends
Planning, Information Management, and Development
Neighborhood Security and Community Economic Development
Weed and Seed
Partnering with Weed and Seed, LISC’s Community Safety Initiative
Gang Diversion: Homeboy Industries
Developing Youth/Youth Developing Communities
YouthBuild
Arts and Culture
Turning Graffiti into Art: The Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia
Food and Community Development
Summary
Endnotes
Assets and Agency
Individual Asset Building
Individual Development Accounts
Hidden Gold: Earned Income Tax Credits
Access to Credit for Self-Employment and Human Capital Development
Collective Asset Building
Stabilizing the Commons
Operation Neighborhood Recovery
Financing Innovation
What Can Be Done Nationally: The National Community
Stabilization Trust
Summary
Endnotes
Innovations in Community-Based Workforce Development
Sectoral Employment
Second Chance, Inc
Career Ladders
Temporary Staffing
Network Building
Partnerships with Community Colleges
Summary
Endnotes
Reforming Schools and Strengthening Community Economic Development
Linking Community Building and Education
Lincoln, Nebraska: Leadership Makes a Difference
Smart Education Systems
Chicago: Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Parent Involvement and Organizing
Linking Community Economic Development and Educational Reform
Community Economic Development Partnerships for Educational Reform
Enterprise Community Partners and New Compact School
Summary
Linking Schools to Community
Linking Education and Development
More Effective Mobility Policies
Endnotes
Higher Education as a Partner in Development
Successful University?Community Partnerships
Building Community Capacity
The University as Developer
Knowledge Generation, Geographical Information Systems, and Community Economic Development
Minnesota 3D
The Special Role of Community Colleges as CEDIs
Summary
Effective Partnerships
Public Sector Support
Endnotes
Looking Forward: Promise and Hope
Addressing the Organizational and Institutional Challenge
Expanding the Planning and Implementation Capacity for Innovation
Modeling Innovation
Community Development
Local School Reform
Assets and Agency
Workforce Development
Sustainable Development
Public Sector Involvement in Sustainable Community Economic Development
Summary
Endnotes
References
Resource Guide
Further Reading: Public Sector Innovation
Further Reading: Sustainable, Community, and Economic Development
Community Economic Development Institutions and Stakeholders
The Public Sector Institutions, Strategies, and Programs
Community Economic Development Support, Advocacy and Learning Resources
Asset Building and Community Development
Workforce Development
Higher Education and Community Economic Development
Community Building/Development
Arts and Community Economic Development
Education Reform and Community Development
Community Organizing Groups
Crime Prevention
Youth Development
International CED