Neighborhood Economic Development

Economic development overview

1. R Ch. 4, "The Small Community" in Murphy and Cunningham, Organizing for

Community Controlled Development, pp.53-77.

2. R University of Illinois - Chicago, Center for Urban Economic Development,

Community Economic Development Strategies, A Manual for Local Action,
Chicago, 1987.

3. National Council for Urban Economic Development, Neighborhood

Economic Revitalization, Problems and Solutions, Washington, D.C.,
1994.

4 Diane R. Suchman, Urban Land Institute, Revitalizing Low-Income

Neighborhoods, Washington, D.C., c. 1987

Traditional economics perspective

5. Michael E. Porter, "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City",

Discussion Paper, Harvard Business School, 1994

6, Chapter 11, Ross Gittell and J. Phillip Thompson, “Inner-City Business

Development and Entrepreneurship: New Frontiers for Policy and
Research”, in Ronald Ferguson and William Dickens, Urban Problems and
Community Development (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press,
1999), pp. 473-520

Assets-based economic development

7. R “Rebuilding the Community Economy” in John P. Kretzmann and John L.

McKnight, Building Communities from the Inside Out (Evanston:
Northwestern University, 1993), pp. 275-344.

8. John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, A Guide to Mapping and

Mobilizing the Economic Capacities of Local Residents, distributed by
ACTA Publications, Chicago, Illinois, 1996.

9. John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, A Guide to Mapping Local

Business Assets and Mobilizing Local Business Capacities, distributed
by ACTA Publications, Chicago, Illinois, 1996.

Social capital and economic development

10. R Chapter 5, Ross Gittell and J. Phillip Thompson, “Making Social Capital
Work: Social Capital and Community Economic Development”, in Susan
Saegert, J. Phillip Thompson, and Mark R. Warren, Social Capital and
Poor Communities (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001

11. Chapter 9, William T. Dickens, “Rebuilding Urban Labor Markets: What

Community Development Can Accomplish”, in Ronald Ferguson and
William Dickens, Urban Problems and Community Development
(Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999), pp. 381- 436

Community Based Organizations and economic development.

12. Avis C. Vidal, Rebuilding Communities: A National Study of Urban

Community Development Corporations (New York: New School for Social
Research, 1992), Chap. IV. CDC Activities; Chap V. Accomplishments

13. Xavier de Souza Briggs and Elizabeth J. Mueller, From Neighborhood to

Community: Evidence of the Social Effects of Community Development,
(New York, New School for Social Research, 1997), Chap. V.
Neighborhood Safety

14. Robert O. Zdenek, Taking Hold: The Growth and Support of Community
Development Corporations, National Congress for Community Economic
Development, 1990. History of CDCs.

15. Prudence Brown, "Comprehensive Neighborhood Based Initiatives:

Implications for Urban Policy", December, 1993.

16. Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic

Development, "Rebuilding Inner City Communities: A New Approach to
the Nation's Urban Crisis", 1995.

Labor force development

17. R Ch. 15. "Workforce Development", in Murphy and Cunningham,

Organizing for Community Controlled Development, pp.292-310.

18. Ch. 6. "Development Your Community Workforce", in Mihailo Temali, The

Community Economic Development Handbook (St. Paul: Amherst H.
Wilder Foundation, 2002), pp. 139-167.

19 Bennett Harrison, Building Bridges: Community Development Corporation

and the Work of Employment Training, Ford Foundation, 1995.

Main Street & commercial revitalization

20. Ch. 4, "Revitalize Your Commercial District", in Temali, The Community
Economic Development Handbook, pp. 55-104.

21. R Ch. 14. "Business District Renewal" in Murphy and Cunningham,

Organizing for Community Controlled Development, pp.277 - 291

22. Office of Planning, District of Columbia and the HOK Planning Group,
Revival: The H Street NE Strategic Development Plan, April 2003. On
Washington, D.C. Office of Planning web site.

Microenterprise and other business loans

23. Ch. 5. "Develop Microbusiness", in Temali, The Community Economic

Development Handbook, pp. 105-138.

24. R Peggy Clark and Tracy Huston, "Assisting the Smallest Businesses:
Assessing Microenterprise Development as a Strategy for Boosting Poor
Communities, An Interim Report", The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.,
August, 1993.

25. Valjean McLenighan and Jean Pogge, "The Business of Self-Sufficiency:

Microcredit in the United States", Woodstock Institute Publications, 1991.

26. Susan Ecker and Frank Altman, "Building a Microloan Program,

Considerations for the Development Lender", Community Reinvestment
Fund, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1993.

27. Ch. 12. "Capital Formation" in Murphy and Cunningham, Organizing for
Community Controlled Development, pp. 240-256/

Business incubators

28. Carol A. Patrylick, Retail Incubators: Linking Entrepreneurship and

Commercial Revitalization, National Center for Urban Economic
Development, 1988.

Starting a business / entrepreneurship

29. National Economic Development and Law Center, Community Economic

Development Strategies: Creating Successful Businesses (Volume One:
Building the Base; Volume Two: Choosing the Business Opportunity ;
Volume Three: Developing the Business) (Oakland: NEDLC, 1983)

30. National Economic Development and Law Center, Taking the

Entrepreneurial Approach: A Resource Guide for Nonprofits, (Oakland,
NEDLC, 1988)
31. OKM Associates, Implementing Economic Development Strategies,
(Boston, OKM Associates, n.d.).

Community Reinvestment Act and small business lending

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32. University of Illinois Center for Urban Economic Development,
Commercial Lending to Neighborhood Business: An Analysis of Bank
Lending Patterns and a Look at a Business Listing Database. Project
#309. Chicago: CUED, 1991.

33. David Flax-Hatch, Tracking Chicago's Business Bucks: Commercial

Lending and the Chicago Municipal Depository Ordinance. Chicago:
Woodstock Institute, 1987.

R – Recommended