economic development

Though they end up as owners and decision-makers, workers in low-income communities often don’t start off doing all the work of developing and growing a worker-owned cooperative themselves. This is […]

Cities are at the crosswalk of talent and density, and they have a lot to lose by not thinking innovatively about economic policy. Cities suffer from the widest income disparities […]

Localities in New York State appear to have won the right to ban fracking, thanks to a decision by the state's highest court on June 30 in favor of two […]

Residents and small business owners are already seeing rents rise in Union Square, a diverse neighborhood in the largely working class city of Somerville just north of Boston, Massachusetts. But […]

Recently I came across a couple articles that questioned the economic viability of rural areas in large parts of this country. These are places that are too far outside metropolitan […]

It is not news that communities desperate for jobs and economic development often make terrible long-term decisions, welcoming in development and developers that are damaging in all sorts of ways—environmentally, […]

Humboldt Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chicago CDC Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, has been providing local employment and high-quality work for over 30 years. But it hasn’t been […]

If you want to explore impact investing further, here are some places to start.

New sources of mission-driven private capital could step up to support community development where traditional sources of financing are withdrawing.

With a little knowledge and effort, investors of many kinds can work with financial advisers to learn how to match their investments with their values and build a meaningful portfolio with solid returns.

So what can you make happen with a domestic impact investment anyway?

Tracking social return on investment is more complicated than measuring financial return. How do impact investors do it?