Foreword / Dayna Cunningham -- Introduction / Lorlene Hoyt -- Strengthening small businesses: strategies for makin' a way where there is no way in Camden, New Jersey / Gayle Christiansen -- Leveraging rooted institutions: a strategy for cooperative economic development in Cleveland, Ohio / Nick Iuviene and Lily Song -- Concentrating investment: a strategy for sustainable development in Kansas City, Missouri / Leila Bozorg -- Network organizing: a strategy for manufacturing recovery in Lawrence, Massachusetts / Marianna Leavy-Sperounis -- Citywide retrofits: a strategy for creating green jobs in Oakland, California / Benjamin Brandin and Kate Levitt -- Community/labor/utility partnerships: a social-movement organizing strategy for energy efficiency in Massachusetts / Eric Mackres and Lily Song -- Reflections / Lorlene Hoyt.
Summary:
"Presents strategies for active partnerships among universities and colleges, hospitals, churches, community development corporations, community foundations, and other rooted institutions for restoring old cities. Suggests a paradigm for graduate education that creates engaged scholars"-- Provided by publisher.
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