Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development

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.

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.

What Is Community Economic Development?The CED IntermediariesExpanding Capital AccessSupport for Community Economic DevelopmentSummaryEndnotesSearching for Sustainable Community Economic DevelopmentWhat Can Be Done?Rethinking People and Place DevelopmentPutting People FirstLivable and Sustainable CommunitiesBrownfield RedevelopmentReusing Steel from Automobiles to Build Affordable HousingSummaryEndnotesPublic Sector Innovation and Community Economic DevelopmentLeadership and InnovationCommunity Economic Development CapacityCommunity Building and DevelopmentAssets and AgencyChanging Strategies in Workforce DevelopmentSchool Reform for Sustainable Community Economic DevelopmentThe Role of Higher EducationSummaryEndnotesLocally Based Community Economic Development Institutions: A Base for InnovationCommunity Development CorporationsGovernment SupportCommunity Reinvestment ActThe Low Income Housing Tax CreditNew Markets Tax Credit ProgramThe Management ChallengeThe Unity Council: Connecting Transit-Oriented Development to Community Economic DevelopmentThe Mountain Association for Community Economic Development: Bridging the Regional DividePreserving Individual AssetsResearch and PolicySummaryEndnotesThe Role of Community Economic Development IntermediariesExpanding the Supply of Capital: Public Sector Support of Community Development FinanceBuilding Capacity on the Community SideNeighborWorks AmericaBuilding Strong CommunitiesThe Local Initiatives Support CorporationConnecting the BasicsEnterprise Community PartnersExperimentation and InnovationRegional and Local IntermediariesNeighborhood Partnership Inc.: Less Is MoreSummaryInstitutional Strength Conditions Innovation and Policy LeadershipCED Intermediaries Augment the Field by Routinizing theDevelopment ProcessLinking Mainstream Markets and CEDLeading the Way for Sustainable Community Economic DevelopmentEndnotesCommunity Building and DevelopmentAre Community Development and Community Building Different?Reintroducing Old FriendsPlanning, Information Management, and DevelopmentNeighborhood Security and Community Economic DevelopmentWeed and SeedPartnering with Weed and Seed, LISC’s Community Safety InitiativeGang Diversion: Homeboy IndustriesDeveloping Youth/Youth Developing CommunitiesYouthBuildArts and CultureTurning Graffiti into Art: The Mural Arts Program in PhiladelphiaFood and Community DevelopmentSummaryEndnotesAssets and AgencyIndividual Asset BuildingIndividual Development AccountsHidden Gold: Earned Income Tax CreditsAccess to Credit for Self-Employment and Human Capital DevelopmentCollective Asset BuildingStabilizing the CommonsOperation Neighborhood RecoveryFinancing InnovationWhat Can Be Done Nationally: The National CommunityStabilization TrustSummaryEndnotesInnovations in Community-Based Workforce DevelopmentSectoral EmploymentSecond Chance, IncCareer LaddersTemporary StaffingNetwork BuildingPartnerships with Community CollegesSummaryEndnotesReforming Schools and Strengthening Community Economic DevelopmentLinking Community Building and EducationLincoln, Nebraska: Leadership Makes a DifferenceSmart Education SystemsChicago: Logan Square Neighborhood AssociationParent Involvement and OrganizingLinking Community Economic Development and Educational Reform Community Economic Development Partnerships for Educational ReformEnterprise Community Partners and New Compact SchoolSummaryLinking Schools to CommunityLinking Education and DevelopmentMore Effective Mobility PoliciesEndnotesHigher Education as a Partner in DevelopmentSuccessful University–Community PartnershipsBuilding Community CapacityThe University as DeveloperKnowledge Generation, Geographical Information Systems, and Community Economic DevelopmentMinnesota 3DThe Special Role of Community Colleges as CEDIsSummaryEffective PartnershipsPublic Sector SupportEndnotesLooking Forward: Promise and HopeAddressing the Organizational and Institutional ChallengeExpanding the Planning and Implementation Capacity for InnovationModeling InnovationCommunity DevelopmentLocal School ReformAssets and AgencyWorkforce Development Sustainable DevelopmentPublic Sector Involvement in Sustainable Community Economic DevelopmentSummaryEndnotesReferencesResource GuideFurther Reading: Public Sector InnovationFurther Reading: Sustainable, Community, and Economic Development Community Economic Development Institutions and StakeholdersThe Public Sector Institutions, Strategies, and ProgramsCommunity Economic Development Support, Advocacy and Learning ResourcesAsset Building and Community DevelopmentWorkforce DevelopmentHigher Education and Community Economic DevelopmentCommunity Building/DevelopmentArts and Community Economic DevelopmentEducation Reform and Community DevelopmentCommunity Organizing GroupsCrime PreventionYouth DevelopmentInternational CED