Category: Trust
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92 Residents Discuss Priorities, Then Select Education
The hallways at Atlanta Area School for the Deaf were filled with the diversity of Clarkston. Ninety-two Clarkston residents speaking 10 different languages gathered last night to determine a priority for the community to fund. The meeting was the first in the process of the Clarkston Community Trust, which is in its inaugural year.
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Community Trust Inspired by NYC
In 2012, members of the New York City Council embarked on what they called “a new form of democracy”—a process called Participatory Budgeting. For the first time in the history of New York City, residents themselves had the opportunity to decide how the city would spend a portion of its public funds.
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Why Participatory Processes Matter
Several weeks ago, I wrote a piece concerning what I consider to be the importance of individual and collective ownership of local “resources” (or, to use another word, “capital”) to long-term sustainability and self-sufficiency.
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CDF announces new initiative called the Community Trust
“We spend a lot of time in community conversation asking ‘What if?’” said Chris Thompson, a team member at CDF.