| Community-Wealth.org is a project of The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland, College Park.
The Democracy Collaborative was established in 2000 to advance a new understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote new strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life.
The Collaborative is a national leader in the field of community development through our Community Wealth Building Initiative. The Initiative sustains a wide range of projects involving research, training, policy development, and community-focused work designed to promote an asset-based paradigm and increase support for the field across-the-board.
Among our most recent publications are:
In 2010, The Democracy Collaborative will publish two new studies:
- Growing a Green Economy for All: From Green Jobs to Green Ownership
- The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads
Our research, strategy and policy website – www.Community-Wealth.org – is updated quarterly and is the most comprehensive source for information about the community wealth building movement nationwide.
One of The Democracy Collaborative’s current flagship projects is the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative in Cleveland, Ohio. In partnership with The Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent State University, and many of Cleveland’s major health and educational “anchor institutions,” the Collaborative has designed and is helping to implement a comprehensive wealth building effort in six low-income neighborhoods. The Initiative is building community-based businesses that will employ hundreds of local residents. Each new start-up company is organized as a worker cooperative. For more about the Initiative, see this article in Yes! magazine. Additional articles and material can be found at:
www.community-wealth.org/strategies/cw-roundtables.html |
