Community Wealth Building Roundtables
Evergreen Cooperative Initiative
Cleveland's Evergreen Cooperative Initiative launched its first community-based business on October 21, and more are on the way. Mayor Frank Jackson calls the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry “a model for how we can put our people back to work and rebuild our community.”
See the video that tells the Evergreen story.
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Evergreen Cooperative Laundry
On October 21, 2009, the Evergreen Cooperative Laundry, the first of a growing network of worker-owned cooperatives in Cleveland’s Greater University Circle neighborhoods, officially opened its doors.
flyer-cleveland-fdn.pdf (270KB)
The Cleveland Foundation
Bob Eckhardt, Senior Vice President for Programs and Evaluation of the Cleveland Foundation, discusses the Foundation’s support of the worker-owned cooperatives.
paper-eckhardt.pdf (130KB)
The Evergreen Cooperative Development Fund
The Evergreen Cooperative Development Fund has been launched in Cleveland. The nonprofit revolving loan fund will be used to catalyze a robust network of worker-owned cooperatives in the city’s Greater University Circle Neighborhoods.
article-bernstein.pdf
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Cleveland, OH Roundtable Update - January 2009
Our work with the Cleveland Foundation to develop employee-owned businesses in six Cleveland neighborhoods continues, as this article in Crain’s Cleveland Business reports.
article-miller.pdf
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Cleveland, OH Roundtable Update - October 2008
Our work with the Cleveland Foundation and Cleveland’s anchor institutions to build an inclusive green economy continues, as outlined in this case study by Living Cities.
article-cleveland-fdn08.pdf
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Cleveland
Greater University Circle Initiative
The Democracy Collaborative has entered into a partnership with
the Cleveland Foundation to help develop the economic development
component of the foundation's multi-pronged initiative focused
on the city's Greater University Circle neighborhoods. The initiative
seeks to focus the economic practices of local anchors (such
as universities, hospitals and cultural institutions) to support
community wealth building strategies.
article-cleveland-fdn.pdf
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Cleveland
Roundtable on Building Community Wealth
In the fall of 2006, The Democracy Collaborative began organizing
a series of Community Wealth Building Roundtables in cities
across the country. One of the first of these conferences
was held in Cleveland, Ohio. The Roundtable – “Building
Community Wealth: New Asset-Based Approaches to Solving Social
and Economic Problems in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio”
– brought together local economic development practitioners
and advocates, policy makers from the city and county, labor,
business leaders, and anchor institutions. The day-long dialogue
focused on the local situation, created linkages across sectors
and organizations, and helped identify opportunities with
in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio to expand the field and to
build greater support for a comprehensive strategy of community
wealth building innovations and policies.
article-dubb-cleve.pdf
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participant-list.pdf
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c-w-principles.pdf
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Scranton:
Scranton, PA Roundtable Update - December 2007
A year after a community wealth building roundtable, Scranton leaders review the follow-up work that has been done in joint purchasing, employee ownership, and community planning.
article-burke-myers.pdf
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Pennsylvania
Roundtable on Building Community Wealth
In the fall of 2006, The Democracy Collaborative convened
another of its Community Wealth Building Roundtables in Scranton,
Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Greater Scranton Chamber of
Commerce, The Scranton Area Foundation, and the University
of Scranton, the forum brought together the Mayor and City
Council President, labor representatives, business leaders,
community advocates, and university presidents. Following
the Roundtable, community task forces have been organized
to move forward initiatives to foster local employee ownership
and to encourage the city's anchor institutions to target
their purchasing toward locally owned businesses.
For an overview, see execsum-scranton.pdf
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For a full transcript, see report-scranton.pdf
(240KB)
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