Stories & News

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…

Thirty groups have started Repair Cafes across the Netherlands, where neighbours pool their skills and labour for a few hours a month to mend clothing and revivify old coffee makers,…

The Vancouver Tool Library is a cooperative tool lending library located at 3448 Commercial Street in Vancouver, BC. We carry a wide variety of tools for home repair, gardening, and…

The Mt. Pleasant Solar Cooperative in Washington, DC helps shine a light on how to bring affordable and convenient solar power to your community. Click here to watch the video….

Strengthening Neighbourhood Resilience: Opportunities for Communities and Local Governments This report highlights some of the research and approaches that have been explored and the lessons that have been emerging during…

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…