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The Small-Mart Revolution
Contrary to popular belief, many small, locally-owned businesses actually out-perform their “big box” and Fortune 500 competition. In this new book, social entrepreneur and author Michael Shuman details dozens of specific strategies that small and home-based businesses are using to successfully out-compete the world’s largest companies.
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Enterprising Organizations: New Asset-Based and Other Innovative Approaches to Solving Social and Economic Problems
In May 2005, The Aspen Institute, in collaboration with the Democracy Collaborative, convened practitioners, investors, foundation donors, elected officials, scholars, and reporters to generate ideas on how to advance community wealth building efforts. This report provides highlights from the discussion that ensued.
report-abramson.pdf (12MB) »

Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems
The first across-the-board survey of innovative, asset-based strategies that are advancing social purposes.
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Executive Summary (PDF 1.75MB) »
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America Beyond Capitalism
Now available in paper. In this book, Prof. Alperovitz looks at how community wealth building can play a key role in the rebuilding of a democratic and progressive America.
Read more at www.garalperovitz.com »

The Commons Rising
When you hear the phrase “the commons,” you might think of a medieval town where peasants graze sheep, but the commons of the 21st century is much more hi-tech. From wi-fi to broadcast spectrum to the Internet, a new commons is rising.
bollier-rowe.pdf (2.8MB) »

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C-W City, Fall 2006:
San Jose, CA
Although often overshadowed by San Francisco to the north, San Jose exceeds San Francisco’s population by 120,000 and has a wide range of community wealth building institutions and policies. A critical challenge is providing affordable housing in one of the nation’s most expensive housing markets.
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Social Enterprise Video
Produced in 2006, this 14-minute video describes the work of Pioneer Human Services, one of America’s leading social enterprises. Founded in Seattle in 1962, Pioneer employs 700 people in its businesses, most of who come from its target population of ex-offenders and former drug abusers. Its annual budget of $55 million is funded nearly entirely through Pioneer’s business income.
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Valuing the Wealth of Neighborhoods
In the premiere issue of the new journal Democracy, Gar Alperovitz, the Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and a founding principal of The Democracy Collaborative, examines the role community wealth strategies might play in developing a more equitable distribution of assets in U.S. society.
alperovitz.pdf (124KB) »

Watch a 6 minute video clip of civic development experts (including leaders of Community- Wealth.org) at The Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program (NSPP) roundtable, January 18, 2006.
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National Survey Finds CDC Housing Production Tops 1 Million Mark
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San Diego Uses Community Ownership Model to Spur Development
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Bringing Capital to Community Development
article-dubb-wsww.pdf (92KB) »

Hundreds Gather to Promote Employee Ownership
article-dubb-ea.pdf (84KB) »

Forum Identifies Rural Community Development Policy Priorities
article-dubb-nrfc.pdf (88KB) »

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