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Episode #9: Direct Democracy and Community Engagement: Using tools to help us build the relationships and practices we need to stay engaged and participate in our local communities.
Episode #9: Direct Democracy and Community Engagement: Using tools to help us build the relationships and practices we need to stay engaged and participate in our local communities. Thursday, Jan 29th from 12-1pm ADT. Direct democracy and community engagement are urgent skills and practices we need today as trust in our institutions worsen and polarization […]
Episode #8: Re-localize Investment: Connecting Investors with Local Projects through Community Economic Development Investment Funds (CEDIFs).
Episode #8: Re-localize Investment: Connecting Investors with Local Projects through Community Economic Development Investment Funds (CEDIFs). Thursday, Nov 27th from 12-1pm ADT. Community Economic Development Investment Funds (CEDIFs) are pools of capital raised by individuals in a community to invest in for-profit local projects. CEDIFs are often managed locally and are tools to re-localize investor […]
Episode #7: Local Procurement: How procurement strategies can benefit our communities and local economies.
Webinar #7: Local Procurement: How procurement strategies can benefit our communities and local economies Local procurement is when public institutions (eg. hospitals, schools) prioritize local suppliers when procuring goods and services. If these large anchor institutions commit just a small percentage of their budgets to local procurement there are significant benefits for our local economies […]