Convening, Recruiting, and Connecting People Who Repair Local Economies
CategoriesCatalytic Capital Innovation StackPhoto Courtesy of RI Community Investment Cooperative This post follows Kevin’s introduction to Diversified Community Investment Funds The DCIF model is not a standalone tool. Its popularity has caught on because of its unique portfolio anchored by real-estate investments likely to appreciate and its accessibility to non-accredited investors as a pathway toward sustainable local investment. […]
CategoriesCatalytic Capital Innovation StackImage courtesy of NC3 Tracy Loh studies community capital at Brookings Institute, Metro. When she talks about the Diversified Community Investment Fund — the DCIF — the first thing she says isn’t about returns or impact. “It’s already legal,” she told me. “It doesn’t require any action on the part of Congress, or a state […]
CategoriesInnovation StackThere’s a particular kind of magic that happens when people who are repairing local economies find each other. Not in an abstract, “let’s collaborate someday” kind of way — but in a real-time spark that produces something new. At Neighborhood Economics, we’ve started to call that the place where solutions have babies. From Libraries of […]