Neighborhood Economics, AVL
Themes under consideration in February
Rural Health, Mission Hospital
The Watershed Fund BIPOC farms statewide, medicinal plants in our bioregion
New kinds of trusts land trusts, perpetual trust businesses, employee trusts; rewriting ownership.
Outdoor rec as a rural catalyst
An Herb Festival linked to the Watershed Fund
How to invest in local businesses at lower than crowdfunding risk with greater upside
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 faith communities can engage in their local economies.
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.
Outdoor rec as a rural catalyst
Silver tsunami BIPOC buying out boomer businesses