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Local Works

Abundant Community -
Lowcountry Local First is a grassroots movement of education, outreach and relationship building that promotes the many benefits of buying from local, independent businesses and farmers, including cultivating, growing and sustaining the Lowcountry economy and culture — the community’s way...
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Growing Local: Interview with BALLE’s Michelle Long

Brooke Jarvis -
Bellingham, Washingon is the nation's leader in community green power, was named the number one small city in the nation in urban progress toward sustainability, and is home to businesses, consumers, and government programs that make creating a "local living...
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New Scoop Members Working Pot Luck

Sarah Arthurs -
It was a good night, all the food groups were covered in the potluck and in the conversation.  There was the delicious randomness of potlucks — vegetarian loaf, bruschetta, fresh bread, brie, samosas, salad, pecan pie, mini cream puffs and...
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An Introvert Cooks Dinner for 80 — and Learns Something About Community

Shannon Hayes -
I love my solitude. I also love my community. But my independent nature has never been unusual in this town. The first time I heard the expression “There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team,’” I swore off organized school sports. I told...
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The Great Veggie Grow Off Cultivates Strong Communities and Lots of Fresh Food

Leslie Stephen -
The Lanark County Food Bank in Ontario, Canada, believes in a little friendly competition, especially one like the Great Veggie Grow Off that benefits people who rely on the Food Bank to put nourishing food on their tables every...
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Honoring the Gifts and Capacities of Cincinnati Citizens

Abundant Community -
There are more than 7,000 groups in Cincinnati who want to better the community in one way or another.  A Small Group has opened a dialogue so groups can work together – as citizens committed to change – to...
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A Place at the Table (audio)

John McKnight -
John and Peter talk with their special guest Edd Conboy, Director of Social Services and the Counseling Center at Broad Street Ministry and Senior Staff Therapist at the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia, about different ways people and communities can shift from a scarcity,...
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The Abundant Community Initiative Edmonton

Kim Hopes -
Inspired by John McKnight and Peter Block’s book, “The Abundant Community,” Howard Lawrence undertook a pilot project called the Abundant Community Initiative in Edmonton, Canada in January 2013. Howard started with the idea that local residents have gifts, skills, abilities and knowledge...
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The Abundant Communities Initiative

John McKnight And Peter Block -
Conversation with John, Peter and Howard Lawrence: The Abundant Communities Initiative Download or listen to John and Peter's conversation with Howard Lawrence of Edmonton, Alberta’s Abundant Communities Initiative. An ordained minister, neighborhood consultant and active volunteer with Edmonton’s Highlands Community leadership, Howard...
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Is Now the Time to Bring Alive Centuries-old Jubilee Concept?

Michelle Strutzenberger -
A group of leaders of diverse faith affiliations in Cincinnati has been gripped by a sense that the ongoing economic struggle of those on the margins has brought their city to an historic crossroads. Believing that genuine hope for the...
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Building Blocks for Vibrant and Resilient Communities

Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss -
Architect, community planner and author Ross Chapin joins Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss to share his passion for pocket neighborhoods, which he considers the building blocks for vibrant and resilient communities. How is a pocket neighborhood different than a regular...
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Sharing Is Not Just for the Young

Jan Hively and Moira Allan -
The Hopi Chief Dan Evehema said it for all of us prospective elders before he passed on in 1999 at age 108: There is a river flowing now, very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who...
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Making Space for Community

John McKnight -
  Conversation with John, Peter and Ross Chapin: Making Space for Community Download or listen to John and Peter's conversation with architect, community planner and author Ross Chapin, the leader in defining and designing pocket neighborhoods. Ross believes that scale and design...
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The Story of New Vision

Abundant Community -
"Everywhere I go there seems to be a natural curiosity about new ways to solve old problems: what will we eat, what will we drink and where will we stay at night?” says Ruston Seaman, co-founder of New Vision...
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The Story of Ruth: How a Solar Light Changed the Course of One Girl’s Life Forever

New Vision Renewable Energy -
Ruth is one of many young girls in the Maasai community, in a remote village in Kenya, where it is common for girls her age to stop going to school after finishing their primary education. Without further education, young girls...
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What if Marginalized Neighbourhoods Crafted Their Own Handmade, Place-based Economies?

Michelle Strutzenberger -
From entrepreneurs in their 20s to established real estate developers, the diversity of people who joined the first few gatherings on neighbourhood economics in Cincinnati had an initiator of the effort, Peter Block, happily stunned. The most excited people in some...
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Building Community, Economy and Mutual “Delight”

Robert Thompson and Mike Neiss -
Robert Thompson and co-host Mike Neiss continue their Leadership for the Common Good blogtalkradio series with an interview with De Amon Harges. DeAmon is the original “Roving Listener” as a neighbor and staff member of the Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis....
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From Charity to Empowerment: Interview with Mike Mather of Indianapolis’s Broadway UMC

John McKnight And Peter Block -
Conversation with John, Peter and Mike Mather: From Charity to Empowerment Download or listen to John and Peter's conversation with Mike Mather, the pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. Their conversation centered on what truly innovative institutions can do to make the...
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Veggies at the Liquor Store — and 5 Other Ways to Bring Food to Your Community

Shannan Stoll -
1. Backyard bounty In the Westwood neighborhood of Denver, Re:farm Denver is growing a cooperative food economy from the backyard out. Re:farm supplies families with everything they need for backyard gardens, from irrigation systems to seeds. The program has grown rapidly,...
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Death and Resurrection of an Urban Church

Faith & Leadership -
The Rev. Mike Mather walks with the youth at Broadway United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. The church has closed many of its traditional helping ministries and created new ways to connect and support the community surrounding it.   For an idea of...
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