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You don't necessarily have to reinvent the wheel. Our communities should look around and explore the various strategies other communities are using to build wealth. Take the fish, leave the bones!

Neighborhood Investment Trusts are promising wealth-building models for residents in revitalizing communities - Kresge Foundation The Kresge Foundation’s American Cities Program is convening a network of community development organizations and foundations in 13 cities to explore and seed Neighborhood Investment Trust models.

It is more important to shop locally while the economy is suffering, if for nothing more than helping support local communities. Local businesses have a larger impact on the people and businesses within the community than online retailers.

Amazon may have it's benefits but one of them is not contributing to fixing the potholes you have to dodge during your commutes.

Importance of Buying Local for a Faster Economic Recovery Working with locally-owned small businesses provides consumers with better customer service experiences, and allows consumers to promote entrepreneurship.

Always consider wealth building an issue that has to be addressed from multiple angles. Distributing money doesn't change what happens to the money or where it goes when it's spent, just as passing legislation that isn't acted on won't change what's happening. Installing a community garden can only do so much. We have to address every aspect of the community's economy before we see a change in the community's wealth and the well-being of the people who live, work , learn and play there.

Community Wealth Building: Eight Basic Principles Based on Ted Howard’s remarks to the recent Alternative Models of Ownership conference, we’ve distilled the eight basic principles behind community wealth building—a transformative approach to local economic development—into this handy one page guide.

What is community wealth building to you? Do you see any of these activities within your community? Are there any that you would like to participate in or create if it doesn’t exist?

What is Community Wealth Building? Traditional economic development wastes billions of dollars of taxpayer money to subsidize the profit of corporations with no loyalty to the communities who ...