This project gathered ideas from leading experts in the US to develop job creation proposals that met the following criteria:  designed for implementation by cities and/or states and will lead to net new job creation in the short-term; practical, sustainable, scalable and already tested; and all jobs created should be accessible for low-skilled workers and offer some career opportunity.  Based on this research, they present a wide range of costs from — $1,000

Early in 2011 Bow Valley College’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation was contacted by the Community Futures Network of Alberta, also referred to as Community Futures Alberta, requesting to partner on a proposal to the Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN) to conduct a meta-evaluation of two rural economic development programs in Alberta administered by Community Futures Alb

Women’s Venture, a self-employment training program, decreases the likelihood participants will need government assistance, subsidized health care and other support services in the future while increasing the likelihood they will open new businesses, earn a higher income, pay taxes, employ others and contribute to the local economy.

This workbook outlines the steps for collecting, organizing and using information about a neighborhood's citizen associations.

This workbook outlines a plan for understanding what businesses exist in a community, what kinds of resources they possess, and to what extent they are, or could be, mobilized toward community development efforts.

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The Mercado Central in Minneapolis, Minnesota — a retail business cooperative and incubator — is the result of the creativity and hard work of members of a Latino immigrant community that joined forces with a faith-based organizing group and a variety of community organizations to build a traditional marketplace in their inner-city neighborhood.