Beyond the jobs metric: Bringing prosperity back to the inner city
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Community Renewal International (http://www.sbcr.us/) is using open networks to bring prosperity back to inner city neighborhoods. They are focused on intentionally building the relationships needed for a community to survive and thrive.
This morning, Mac McCarter, Kim Mitchell, Elizabeth Beauvais and others from CRI will be meeting with investors and potential investors.
I prepared this paper to highlight how Community Renewal can measure its impacts. It explores how we will be measuring in economic development the future. We will be going beyond simple-minded (and easily manipulated) measures of jobs.
