An opening paragraph which offers some umbrella thoughts which unite all three of the following strategies — some kind of a grand strategy statement, if you will. What’s the ultimate purpose? How will you know if has been fulfilled? Is it time-bound? What are the concrete, abstract, and open-ended qualifiers to the imperatives? Are there targets of opportunity?
Or, you know, write whatever these questions bring up for you. Just start folks off with a singular lodestone.
Local businesses contribute to the well-being of our communities. CCW works to strengthen the environment by connecting entrepreneurs to technical assistance, affordable capital, and new markets.
Community Wealth Building works with placed-based institutions such as hospitals, universities, cultural institutions, and municipalities to craft and implement strategies that leverage their everyday business practices - think procurement, i.e. supply chains; human resource practices; and investment assets moving from Wall Street to Main Street - to close the racial wealth gap.
Cooperatives play a critical role in building community wealth in our communities. CCW promotes and advances the field of worker cooperatives to create an inclusive economy and better jobs.