What do community economic development practitioners have to learn from environmentalists? What does environmentalism stand to gain from CED? By implementing a multi-dimensional concept of sustainability, Coastal Enterprises, ...

Economically prostrate in the mid 1980s, the town of Revelstoke, BC has demonstrated how a small community can regain a say in its economic future. The Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation (RCFC) is a community-owned ...

Since its launch in 1995, Quint Development Corporation has skillfully fused local determination with outside expertise, money, & political influence. This article was written before the results were in. Since, Quint's ...

While generally supportive of the progress made by the community-owned forest corporation in Revelstoke, according to these authors, it is not a real community forest. They claim it cannot be under provincial forest ...

All our small towns aren't reeling from current economic developments; some have prospered, responding to crisis with creativity, unity, and a determination to control their own destiny. What have they got that others ...

The Edmonton Recycling Society shows how economic activities can be environmentally sound, provide meaningful employment to people with disabilities, earn a competitive rate of return, and be seen to be one of the top ...

By definition, the credit needs of marginalized communities and populations are unlikely to be met by conventional means. Reflecting on the success of BCA Holdings, Inc., Greg McCleod, one of the pioneers of CED and Community ...

Cases such as RESO (Richard, 2004), Kitsaki Development Corporation (Decter and Kowall), Coastal Enterprises Inc (Black, 2006), and many others not included in this volume provoked interest inside a small agency called ...

The main activity of this trade union owned non-profit company is to finance and construct affordable housing. An inspired example of social and economic solidarity at work: the resulting model became recognized well beyond ...

Six years later, Ken Galston reports on the advances made since his article “Community Organizing & Economic Democracy in New England” (1991). He reinforces the crucial role of stable, long term development capacity and ...