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NEW COMMUNITY ECONOMY

NEW COMMUNITY ECONOMY. CLASS & RACE PRIVILEGE. ONE WAY FORWARD:. COMMUNITY CONTROL OF CAPITAL. Place-based synthesis of community organizing and CDC neighborhood and business development Launch social enterprises in a range of sectors and with a variety of legal forms, coordinated by PUSH

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NEW COMMUNITY ECONOMY

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  1. NEW COMMUNITY ECONOMY

  2. CLASS & RACE PRIVILEGE

  3. ONE WAY FORWARD: COMMUNITY CONTROL OF CAPITAL • Place-based synthesis of community organizing and CDC neighborhood and business development • Launch social enterprises in a range of sectors and with a variety of legal forms, coordinated by PUSH • Strong commitment to social mobilization, accountability campaigns and democratic voice • Build a community-based anchor institution to obtain and allocate capital

  4. CASE STUDY: PUSH BUFFALO

  5. BUILDING BLOCKS: Community planning; community mobilization; leadership development; grassroots governance

  6. COMMUNITY PLANNING

  7. COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

  8. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

  9. GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE

  10. SCALE OF PUSH’S SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

  11. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE (GDZ)

  12. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE (GDZ)

  13. CAMPAIGN Block by Block; Neighborhood Stabilization; Green Jobs Buffalo; Sustainable Neighborhoods

  14. SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management

  15. SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management 460 Massachusetts Ave. - Before

  16. SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management 460 Massachusetts Ave. - After

  17. SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management

  18. Neighborhood Stabilization/Vacant Lot Reclamation; Massachusetts Avenue Park; BSA Long-Term Control Plan CAMPAIGN

  19. SECTOR Sustainable Landscaping 14th Street Community Garden - Before

  20. SECTOR Sustainable Landscaping 14th Street Community Garden - After

  21. SECTOR Green Infrastructure

  22. SECTOR Public Infrastructure

  23. West Side Bazaar (WEDI ) and Growing Green (MAP) SECTOR Retail & Local Foods

  24. CAMPAIGN National Fuel Gas; Green Jobs/Green Jobs NY; GHHI

  25. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise

  26. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Customer Aggregation Pilot with a community benefits agreement • Community-scale pricing • Accelerated project implementation schedule • $17.00/hour wage/benefit package rate • Local and targeted hiring (60% technical work hours) • Training plan

  27. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Customer lead generation • 3,500 residential and small commercial leads • 36 Friends and Neighbors bundle assignments • Public endorsements from customers and centers of influence

  28. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Community Jobs Pipeline • 100 community residents referred to industry recognized training • 20 green jobs

  29. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Energy efficiency retrofits and contractor development • 475 residential and small commercial energy audits • 225 retrofits • Green and Healthy Homes enhancements • 4 OJT contracts • Community healthy worker, sales, and project management training to contractors

  30. GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise

  31. SECTOR Weatherization Worker Cooperative Energy Efficiency

  32. LESSONS LEARNED • The rules of business apply to social entrepreneurship • Mission-orientation can increase quality of work and dedication of workers in triple-bottom line enterprises • Social mobilization and strategic campaigns can generate capital needed for start-up • Even to scale, community-rooted enterprises can never generate enough jobs to meet the needs, nor can all needs be met by enterprise. Seize the moment of Buffalo Billion.

  33. NEXT STEPS • Capitalize PUSH weatherization co-operative • Expand PUSH Green and PUSH Blue market share • Continue to use Green Development Zone to incubate new enterprise and campaigns. • Expand engagement with anchor institutions through Open Buffalo

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