Resources

Click on the links below for more information about innovative approaches to promoting Just Growth.

Broad-based Progressive Coalitions
coalitions
Coalitions that bridge multiple community issues, e.g. government accountability, private development, affordable housing, the environment, employment.


Community Benefit Agreements
Staples Center
Legal contracts signed by community groups and a developer that lay out a range of community benefits that the developer agrees to provide as part of a development project.  They tend to reframe discussions around economic growth to address equity even as they engage communities in the development process.


Comprehensive Workforce Development Strategies
Workforce
Government initiatives that attempt to link both sides of the labor market (employees and employers) and transform employment conditions as well.


Think Tanks
ThinkTanks
Organizations that conduct research related to economic growth and social equity.

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