1st Edition

Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development

By Roland V. Anglin Copyright 2011
    304 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    302 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Growing local economies, empowering communities, revitalizing downtowns, developing entrepreneurship, building leadership, and enhancing nonprofits — you can achieve all these benefits and more with a comprehensive and strategic revitalization plan. Chronicling the struggle of local revitalization as organizers move from trial and error to effective revitalization strategies, Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development documents the current transformation in community revitalization from market-based incentives to mixed strategies of public sector learning, partnerships, and community capacity.

    Knowledge about the field and what works is growing, but not always publicized and readily accessible. This reference surveys the breadth of innovative place and people development practices, presenting lessons and examples at a general and textured level, putting information about innovative ways to change, influence, and improve the economic development process within easy reach.

    Roland Anglin brings his unique vantage point to the topic; his experience as a practitioner and applied academic allowed him to see how community economic development practices grow over time in size, scale, and impact. He highlights the difference between what is now termed community economic development (CED) and traditional local economic development practice, specifically the priority placed on community involvement in economic development partnerships between the private sector and government. The book includes case studies that demonstrate what has and has not worked in revitalization efforts, as well as how active public and private sector partnerships have been the most effective in revitalization efforts. A Resource Guide is included at the end of the book for readers who may want a more expansive understanding of community economic development.

     

    What Is Community Economic Development?
    The CED Intermediaries
    Expanding Capital Access
    Support for Community Economic Development
    Summary
    Endnotes
    Searching for Sustainable Community Economic Development
    What Can Be Done?
    Rethinking People and Place Development
    Putting People First
    Livable and Sustainable Communities
    Brownfield Redevelopment
    Reusing Steel from Automobiles to Build Affordable Housing
    Summary
    Endnotes
    Public Sector Innovation and Community Economic Development
    Leadership and Innovation
    Community Economic Development Capacity
    Community Building and Development
    Assets and Agency
    Changing Strategies in Workforce Development
    School Reform for Sustainable Community Economic Development
    The Role of Higher Education
    Summary
    Endnotes
    Locally Based Community Economic Development Institutions: A Base for Innovation
    Community Development Corporations
    Government Support
    Community Reinvestment Act
    The Low Income Housing Tax Credit
    New Markets Tax Credit Program
    The Management Challenge
    The Unity Council: Connecting Transit-Oriented Development to Community Economic Development
    The Mountain Association for Community Economic Development: Bridging the Regional Divide
    Preserving Individual Assets
    Research and Policy
    Summary
    Endnotes
    The Role of Community Economic Development Intermediaries
    Expanding the Supply of Capital: Public Sector Support of Community Development Finance
    Building Capacity on the Community Side
    NeighborWorks America
    Building Strong Communities
    The Local Initiatives Support Corporation
    Connecting the Basics
    Enterprise Community Partners
    Experimentation and Innovation
    Regional and Local Intermediaries
    Neighborhood Partnership Inc.: Less Is More
    Summary
    Institutional Strength Conditions Innovation and Policy Leadership
    CED Intermediaries Augment the Field by Routinizing the
    Development Process
    Linking Mainstream Markets and CED
    Leading the Way for Sustainable Community Economic Development
    Endnotes
    Community Building and Development
    Are Community Development and Community Building Different?
    Reintroducing Old Friends
    Planning, Information Management, and Development
    Neighborhood Security and Community Economic Development
    Weed and Seed
    Partnering with Weed and Seed, LISC’s Community Safety Initiative
    Gang Diversion: Homeboy Industries
    Developing Youth/Youth Developing Communities
    YouthBuild
    Arts and Culture
    Turning Graffiti into Art: The Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia
    Food and Community Development
    Summary
    Endnotes
    Assets and Agency
    Individual Asset Building
    Individual Development Accounts
    Hidden Gold: Earned Income Tax Credits
    Access to Credit for Self-Employment and Human Capital Development
    Collective Asset Building
    Stabilizing the Commons
    Operation Neighborhood Recovery
    Financing Innovation
    What Can Be Done Nationally: The National Community
    Stabilization Trust
    Summary
    Endnotes
    Innovations in Community-Based Workforce Development
    Sectoral Employment
    Second Chance, Inc
    Career Ladders
    Temporary Staffing
    Network Building
    Partnerships with Community Colleges
    Summary
    Endnotes
    Reforming Schools and Strengthening Community Economic Development
    Linking Community Building and Education
    Lincoln, Nebraska: Leadership Makes a Difference
    Smart Education Systems
    Chicago: Logan Square Neighborhood Association
    Parent Involvement and Organizing
    Linking Community Economic Development and Educational Reform
    Community Economic Development Partnerships for Educational Reform
    Enterprise Community Partners and New Compact School
    Summary
    Linking Schools to Community
    Linking Education and Development
    More Effective Mobility Policies
    Endnotes
    Higher Education as a Partner in Development
    Successful University–Community Partnerships
    Building Community Capacity
    The University as Developer
    Knowledge Generation, Geographical Information Systems, and Community Economic Development
    Minnesota 3D
    The Special Role of Community Colleges as CEDIs
    Summary
    Effective Partnerships
    Public Sector Support
    Endnotes
    Looking Forward: Promise and Hope
    Addressing the Organizational and Institutional Challenge
    Expanding the Planning and Implementation Capacity for Innovation
    Modeling Innovation
    Community Development
    Local School Reform
    Assets and Agency
    Workforce Development
    Sustainable Development
    Public Sector Involvement in Sustainable Community Economic Development
    Summary
    Endnotes
    References
    Resource Guide

    Further Reading: Public Sector Innovation
    Further Reading: Sustainable, Community, and Economic Development
    Community Economic Development Institutions and Stakeholders
    The Public Sector Institutions, Strategies, and Programs
    Community Economic Development Support, Advocacy and Learning Resources
    Asset Building and Community Development
    Workforce Development
    Higher Education and Community Economic Development
    Community Building/Development
    Arts and Community Economic Development
    Education Reform and Community Development
    Community Organizing Groups
    Crime Prevention
    Youth Development
    International CED

    Biography

    Roland V. Anglin is the director of the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation (IRCT) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Dr. Anglin’s career spans over twenty years of working in the public, educational, and philanthropic sectors. In all his professional positions, Anglin has focused on promoting economic and community development in and for marginalized communities.