According to social entrepreneur Zita Cobb, “the answers are always in the place.” Cobb is renowned globally as a true innovator in place-based economic development. She has been recognized for her ...

Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 49, No. 4 (DECEMBER 2015), pp. 1112-1123 (12 pages) Fundamental to social provisioning is ensuring that community members have access to employment opportunities that ...

John P. “Jody” Kretzmann was an educator and researcher at Northwestern University who challenged community organizers to achieve social change by considering a neighborhood’s assets rather than what ...

Community coaches work with local groups to support asset-based community development. Coaches empower community groups to reach their goals, connect the community with resources or expertise, provide ...

Too often, communities focus on what they don’t have. And it is true that many community leaders struggle due to insufficient funding, limited resources and inadequate infrastructure. But it is also ...

Building a new clean energy economy will require mining for minerals used in renewable energy technologies, creating a mining boom that policymakers should leverage by helping affected communities ...

It was the late 90s when I attended my very first workshop on asset-based community development (ABCD). That workshop has been pivotal to me in my work as a social worker in the way I perceive ...

On April 1, community leaders, advocates and economic developers gathered at the Arkansas Community Development Society (ACDS) annual conference at the University of ...

The city of Chattanooga - in partnership with the Maclellan Foundation, the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga and the Generosity Trust - on Monday announced the launch of Enterprise ...