Pathway to Responsible Community Ownership of the Renaissance Center
Community ownership is the best option for building community wealth in Northeast Greensboro
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A Pathway to Responsible Community Ownership of the Renaissance Center
0Executive Summary The best option for ongoing community wealth building in Northeast Greensboro is to for the City to allow the community to purchase the Renaissance Center in Northeast Greensboro. This document maps out the pathway to that end. Community ownership is made possible by the development of a Community Land Trust (CLT). This community-controlled [...]
The Early History of F4DC’s Role in Community-Based Efforts to Build a Cooperative Grocery Store at Bessemer Center
0Earlier this week, I drafted this history to clear up some confusions about how and when work on the Renaissance Community Coop started, and the role that F4DC has played. We decided to post this history on our website so that more people have access to it during this period when City Council is deciding [...]
Private investment is private investment, whether it comes from individuals or a community
1The Renaissance Community Coop will bring $1.3 million in private investment to Phillips Avenue, and has already raised more than half of that amount. The Renaissance Community Coop (RCC) is really on a roll! Self-Help Credit Union has stepped up with a term sheet offering $700,000 toward the start up costs for launching a community-owned [...]
Eliminating food deserts and building community ownership are keys to sustainable development
0Steve Dubb and David Zuckerman recently published a great article explaining how eliminating food deserts is critical to developing sustainable communities. This is precisely what the folks in Northeast Greensboro are working on through the Renaissance Community Coop. We are thrilled to join them in this effort and excited about the transformative potential it has [...]
A New Era in Chicago as workers open their own window factory
0Writing in The Nation, Laura Flanders covers the opening of New Era Windows in Chicago. After their former employer, Republic Windows and Doors, closed the plant and fired the staff, the workers occupied the plant. Eventually they were able to take ownership of it and, with the help of the broader cooperative movement around the [...]
Local food coops and initiatives celebrated at Food For Thought film night
0On April 24, a great crowd came out for F4DC’s third movie night, “Food for Thought” at the Carousel Theater. We were so pleased to co-sponsor the event with Deep Roots Market in celebration of the grand opening of their new location and the Renaissance Community Co-op that’s in the midst of an impressive drive [...]