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The Business Case for Community Ownership: A Framework for Shared Prosperity

The Business Case for Community Ownership shares frameworks, practical advice, and real-world experience from a 20+ person team of experienced practitioners, investors, and intermediaries. Community ownership can include real estate, business interests, energy assets, and more, when community members collectively establish a vision, participate in governance, and share in profits or benefits. The report includes 10 case studies featuring affordable housing development, commercial real estate investment, specialized loan funds, cost-saving clean energy projects, and other community ownership examples from across the country. Read the report to see how community ownership can empower local decision-making, strengthen small businesses, and ensure that assets and governance remain in the hands of those most invested in their outcomes.