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Mom&Pop Shop workshops are going well producing creative ideas for how our Main Street can survive and flourish to serve the village community. We're listing below a few relevant and compelling research and thinking coming from Bruce Katz from the the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, Accelerator for America that address how the shift to bottom up, community-based localism can continue to make the difference in the quality of life for communities across the country. Cities are still holding the attention, but the rural divide is on the verge of getting some attention. Probably this is due to awesome people in communities like Philmont who are collectively and collaboratively pushing the dial and finding creative solutions for cultural and economic sustainable transitions. Keep an eye out or sign up for our next PBI Mom&Pop Shop workshop so you can join in this creative thinking for the future of our Main Street.
Five Transitions - Bruce Katz
Towards a New System of Community Wealth - Bruce Katz
Want more of the Bruce Katz caliber of thinking? It's available in the New Localism newsletter.