- Student Corner: Community Ownership as a Tool for . . .
A recent Brookings article, Helping Residents ‘Buy Back the Block’ with American Rescue Plan Funds, points to community ownership models as a way to steward community assets in an effort to cultivate shared and individual wealth among local residents
- Buying Back The Block - Neighborhood Economics
The Buy Back the Block playbook walks through all the steps to make it happen, but each step is unique to its place and requires pulling another tool or module off the playbook’s shelf to make it work with the specific barriers, assets, and culture of that city
- Buy The Block, the First Black-Owned Real-Estate Crowd . . .
Buy The Block can manage any project from concept to end, and they aim to develop a large number of construction projects, in areas such as; residential, manufacturing, retail, multi-family, medical, religious, and pre-engineered building construction
- Helping community leaders Buy Back the Block - Brookings
We then offer practical actions for community-based organizations and entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and policymakers to enable incremental, yet transformative, steps to “buy back the block ”
- How to turn a vacant lot into a community garden: A primer
The most common ways of funding a community garden include membership dues; cash or in-kind sponsorship from community organizations and or your city’s department of parks and recreation; applying for grants; and crowdfunding
- Buy Land or Build Community - by Nicole Reese - Terrenity
Many people interested in starting a community assume the first thing you should do is buy land Even though a beautiful piece of property can be tempting, buying your property first is generally not a good idea — and can be a huge risk for conflict later because all the necessary structures haven’t been put in place
- Meet the Creator of Buy The Block, the Only Black-Owned . . .
Buy the Block, created by entrepreneur Linda (Lynn) P Smith, is the only Black-owned crowd-investing platform that is helping Black communities build wealth while determining the direction of development in their communities
- Transforming Underserved Neighborhoods: Buy the Block . . .
Buy the Block is a dynamic initiative that is dedicated to transforming underserved neighborhoods and fostering homeownership across the nation Our mission is to uplift communities, create opportunities, and breathe new life into neglected areas
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