Democracy School

Neighborhood Economics School, a local, experimental project of Neighborhood Economics [1] in partnership with Warren Wilson College [2] and the Asheville Poverty Initiative [3] Planned start in March, 2024.

Snapshot of the 11 Democracy School classes

How to support the local farm to table economy

How to curb corporate power and pay a local #landback tax linked to biodiversity.

How to invest in local businesses at lower than crowdfunding risk with greater upside

The history of settlement and power in the place where you live.

Workforce housing solutions so that people don’t have to drive 40 miles for a restaurant job

How to bridge the red blue divide

How to subvert redlining in your community with allies like Strongtowns chapters and a local board of realtors.

How to activate the Hidden Economic Engine that’s right there in your home town. Sole proprietors with friends & family funding are the lowest cost job creators.

How to use giving to invest to become a more powerful giver, and how to do it in your trust circle, from Sunday School class to civic club to junior high ecology class.

How faith communities can engage in their local economies.