Author: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods

The Community Resilience Manual: A Resource for Rural Recovery and Renewal from the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal. On the basis of research into proven strategies of socio-economic revitalization, including…

CCCR is committed to crafting solutions and adaptations to the critical challenges stemming from climate change and peak oil. Our priority is working with communities to increase their resilience, especially…

Co-ops are founded on a common idea – that people, no matter what their economic class or educational level, know what’s best for themselves. Through co-operation, people work together to…

By emphasizing empowerment and putting resources in the direct control of community groups, community driven development (CDD)’s rapid spread stems from its promise of achieving inclusive and sustainable poverty reduction….

www.SocialEnterpriseCanada.ca is an initiative of Enterprising Non-profits Canada and the Social Enterprise Council of Canada. We invite you to explore the site to learn more about how to plan and run…

The REconomy Project is here to help build the capacity of Transition Initiatives, and other community organisations doing similar work, to grow a new kind of local economy. Through this…

Creating vibrant, resilient and sustainable local economies… Community Economic Development (CED) is action by people locally to create economic opportunities and better social conditions, particularly for those who are most…

The REconomy Project is here to help build the capacity of Transition Initiatives, and other community organisations doing similar work, to grow a new kind of local economy. It’s aimed…

Neighbor Power – The Seattle Way of Building Community by Jim Diers describes Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods and its bold experiments in bottom-up neighborhood planning and development. Click here to…

The steady progess since 1998 of Winnipeg’s North End Community Renewal Corporation (NECRC) makes this organization seem like a textbook example of the successful evolution of a community development corporation….

Sangudo, Alberta used to have many things in common with other rural towns: retiring shop owners, boarded-up shops, youth exodus, and resignation to its fate. Things are turning around in…

We are a group of people who live or work in the Gorge Tillicum community.  We have a two-fold purpose: Sharing information about, and practical support for, various aspects of…