Convening, Recruiting, and Connecting People Who Repair Local Economies
An unprecedented assembly of investment funds are going to gather in Asheville in a little over a month, all focused on helping local entrepreneurs succeed and become job creators. There will be sessions to help entrepreneurs learn how to best tell the story of their business to the capital players. In addition, post Helene, a […]
I had the opportunity to go last week, with Rosa Lee, to the Ostrom workshop at the University of Indiana to explain the post-disaster economy I see sprouting through several initiatives in and around Swannanoa where we live; it was the epicenter of Hurricane Helene. Our neighborhood, which is often called Swannana-nowhere in the Asheville […]
A colleague has created a data set that shows where the relief money in the Asheville bioregion is going to provide relief and restoration from the impact of Hurricane Helene. Thanks to Tiffani Hart, who leads Ashevillerelief.org, we can see that much money from state and federal funds is going to each CDFI for these […]
In the wake of increasingly frequent climate disasters, a promising initiative is taking root in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Drawing inspiration from successful post-Katrina recovery efforts in New Orleans, we’re helping those working to establish a professional Resilience Corps that builds upon the extraordinary efficiency of existing mutual aid networks. The Foundation At the heart of […]
Post Helene, here in Asheville, we are finding that in doing local, small scale convening around pressing problems like water, electricity, connectivity, and community free food, the work of connecting the dots that we do at Neighborhood Economics is more valuable than ever. Gathering the people making a difference works in a disaster. And we […]
Are you ready to revolutionize how you think about funding and entrepreneurship? This November 12-13, in Asheville, NC, we’re bringing together some of the most innovative minds in finance and community development for an exclusive Capital Stack Showcase at the Neighborhood Economics Conference. Whether you’re an entrepreneur looking to grow or a funder eager to […]
“There is a gap between the sustainable economy and the economy focused on economic justice. They seldom meet.” The core of a Neighborhood Economics conference is highlighting promising and potentially replicable solutions that are working to repair the economy in one neighborhood, solutions could be replicated in other city. At our national conferences, we highlight […]
We’ve got several exciting and intriguing sessions teed-up for our fall conference in Asheville. Rev. Luke Lingle, who worked with three Methodist churches in Asheville as they became vital community centers while maintaining worship spaces, has joined our team. He is going to lead our faith-based sessions looking at how churches create shared and mixed-use […]
By Joel Skene, Podcaster and Guest Writer As Host of The Mindful Marketplace on BizRadio.US, I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to partner with such a thoughtful and catalytic organization like Neighborhood Economics. My first career was in the Peace Corps, Housing for the Chronically Homeless, and Food Insecurity in Metro Detroit. […]
We have 18 months to get it done. We are in a once in 100 years opportunity to move the needle on economic justice over the next 18 months. That was the assessment of David Erickson, Senior Vice President and Head of Outreach and Education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as he […]