Resilient Streets Toolkit

It’s been an amazing four years of experimenting, discovering, sharing and learning! We’re proud to release our comprehensive report on what we did, what we accomplished alongside all of our…
The story of how people in a Portland, Oregon neighbourhood came together to make their neighbourhood more resilient. Click here to read their story.
PolicyLink is a national research and action institute advancing economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works.Founded in 1999, PolicyLink connects the work of people on the ground to…
This series features innovative strategies at the business and network levels that effectively make the case for local and result in more buying and thinking Local First. We know driving…
As part of the implementation of the Neighborhood Economic Development (NED) Strategy, the City of Portland and Portland Development Commission have established the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative (NPI). The goal of…
The Cooperative City: Social and economic tools for sustainability by John Restakis of the BC Co-operative Association, February 2011. A discussion of policies for promoting cooperative companies of different kinds…