Description
Comprehensive, realistic, and easy-to-use, The Community Economic Development Handbook is just what you need to turn a neighborhood or business district around.
Author Mihailo Temali has distilled over twenty years of experience in community-based economic development into this practical, jargon-free handbook which describes a proven way to make any community a better place to live and work.
Temali focuses on what he calls a “pivot point strategy” to start or expand economic development. The four pivot points are:
- Revitalizing your commercial district
- Developing microbusinesses
- Developing your community workforce
- Growing neighborhood jobs.
Temali explains how to choose your first pivot point, then guides you through the process of tackling each one.
Stories of successful community economic development provide inspiration. Sidebars explore related issues such as dealing with gentrification, finding potential partners, supporting microentrepreneurs, and more. Professionals share their insights from the field. And appendices point you toward useful resources, show you how to use the Internet to research your regional economy, and include dozens of worksheets that will help you put the material in the book into action.
About the Author
Mihailo Temali is the founder, President, and CEO of the Neighborhood Development Center (NDC). NDC was formed as a non-profit, and blends approaches of international micro enterprise and domestic community development. In his role with NDC, Mr. Temali develops and manages NDC’s network of partnerships, small business training, lending, technical assistance and business incubator development programs for inner-city low income entrepreneurs. NDC plays the lead role in development and management of six business incubators.
Guarantee
The Community Economic Development Handbook is guaranteed. If you are not 100% satisfied, you may return it within 30 days for a full refund.
Testimonials
“The Community Economic Development Handbook provides guidance for both mature and novice practitioners.”
— Roy O. Priest,
National Congress for Community Economic Development
“Rich with street-smart guidance from a man who has helped scores of neighborhoods. The Community Economic Development Handbook is truly a recipe for rebirth. It is a highly practical, useful guide that inspires a can-do attitude and fills a void in the field. A must for anyone interested in seeing cities thrive.”
— Paul S. Grogan,
Boston Foundation
“This book can provide excellent guidance to community economic development professionals on a very broad range of subjects and at almost any stage of their work. This is a comprehensive tool that the field has needed for a long time.”
— Michael Rubinger,
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
