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NEW COMMUNITY ECONOMY. CLASS & RACE PRIVILEGE. ONE WAY FORWARD:. COMMUNITY CONTROL OF CAPITAL. Place-based synthesis of community organizing and CDC neighborhood and business development Launch social enterprises in a range of sectors and with a variety of legal forms, coordinated by PUSH
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ONE WAY FORWARD: COMMUNITY CONTROL OF CAPITAL • Place-based synthesis of community organizing and CDC neighborhood and business development • Launch social enterprises in a range of sectors and with a variety of legal forms, coordinated by PUSH • Strong commitment to social mobilization, accountability campaigns and democratic voice • Build a community-based anchor institution to obtain and allocate capital
BUILDING BLOCKS: Community planning; community mobilization; leadership development; grassroots governance
CAMPAIGN Block by Block; Neighborhood Stabilization; Green Jobs Buffalo; Sustainable Neighborhoods
SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management
SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management 460 Massachusetts Ave. - Before
SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management 460 Massachusetts Ave. - After
SECTOR Affordable Housing Development & Property Management
Neighborhood Stabilization/Vacant Lot Reclamation; Massachusetts Avenue Park; BSA Long-Term Control Plan CAMPAIGN
SECTOR Sustainable Landscaping 14th Street Community Garden - Before
SECTOR Sustainable Landscaping 14th Street Community Garden - After
SECTOR Green Infrastructure
SECTOR Public Infrastructure
West Side Bazaar (WEDI ) and Growing Green (MAP) SECTOR Retail & Local Foods
CAMPAIGN National Fuel Gas; Green Jobs/Green Jobs NY; GHHI
GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise
GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Customer Aggregation Pilot with a community benefits agreement • Community-scale pricing • Accelerated project implementation schedule • $17.00/hour wage/benefit package rate • Local and targeted hiring (60% technical work hours) • Training plan
GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Customer lead generation • 3,500 residential and small commercial leads • 36 Friends and Neighbors bundle assignments • Public endorsements from customers and centers of influence
GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Community Jobs Pipeline • 100 community residents referred to industry recognized training • 20 green jobs
GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise • Energy efficiency retrofits and contractor development • 475 residential and small commercial energy audits • 225 retrofits • Green and Healthy Homes enhancements • 4 OJT contracts • Community healthy worker, sales, and project management training to contractors
GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE PUSH Green Social Enterprise
SECTOR Weatherization Worker Cooperative Energy Efficiency
LESSONS LEARNED • The rules of business apply to social entrepreneurship • Mission-orientation can increase quality of work and dedication of workers in triple-bottom line enterprises • Social mobilization and strategic campaigns can generate capital needed for start-up • Even to scale, community-rooted enterprises can never generate enough jobs to meet the needs, nor can all needs be met by enterprise. Seize the moment of Buffalo Billion.
NEXT STEPS • Capitalize PUSH weatherization co-operative • Expand PUSH Green and PUSH Blue market share • Continue to use Green Development Zone to incubate new enterprise and campaigns. • Expand engagement with anchor institutions through Open Buffalo