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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...
Friends & Neighbors

A River Runs through John

Al Etmanski -
Cormac Russell Note: The following is a guest blog written by Al Etmanski (aletmanski.com) . Al is a community organizer, social entrepreneur and author. John McKnight is his friend. Al's new book is Impact: Six Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation. There is a...
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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...
Friends & Neighbors

Looking Back to Look Forward: The Intellectual Heritage of Asset-Based Community Development

Cormac Russell -
In 1995 John McKnight and Jody Kretzmann convened a circle of friends to help them establish the Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) Institute at Northwestern University. The Institute was built on John and Jody’s work and research over more than...
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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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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...
Friends & Neighbors

Take a Walk on the Jane Side

Jay Walljasper -
Spring is back, so here's a fresh idea to celebrate the season and discover hidden pleasures in your neighborhood — organize a Jane’s Walk. Since 2007, thousands of people in more than 100 cities around the world enjoy May exploring nature, culture, history...
Friends & Neighbors

Jane Jacobs: A Woman Ahead of Her Time

David Bolllier -
Not many people have the imagination, intellectual depth and sheer courage to take on an entire profession and demonstrate how it is wrong. Jane Jacobs did. The renegade author and activist — who died in 2006 at age 89...
Stories

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,...
Friends & Neighbors

Social Innovation: A Definition of Opportunity

Al Etmanski -
When asked recently to define social innovation I replied rather off-handedly it’s a combination of the old, the new and the surprising. It’s not much of a definition but then again the ambiguity might be useful. Definitions all too often...
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Corporate Capture: Can We Find a Way Out?

This article, published originally by Nonprofit Quarterly, from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine’s summer 2024 issue, “Escaping Corporate Capture.” The aircraft manufacturer Boeing,...
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