Transforming Cities and Minds through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Foreword xi Dayna Cunningham Introduction 1 Lorlene Hoyt Part I Engaging Economy 1 Strengthening Small Businesses Strategies for Makin’ a Way Where There Is No Way in Camden, New Jersey 29 Gayle Christiansen 2 Leveraging Rooted Institutions A Strategy for Cooperative Economic Development in Cleveland, Ohio 58 Nick Iuviene and Lily Song Part II Engaging Equity 3 Concentrating Investment A Strategy for Sustainable Development in Kansas City, Missouri 85 Leila Bozorg 4 Network Organizing A Strategy for Manufacturing Recovery in Lawrence, Massachusetts 116 Marianna Leavy-Sperounis viii Part III Engaging Environment 5 Citywide Retrofits A Strategy for Creating Green Jobs in Oakland, California 145 Benjamin Brandin and Kate Levitt 6 Community/Labor/Utility Partnerships A Social-Movement Organizing Strategy for Energy Efficiency in Massachusetts 173 Eric Mackres and Lily Song Reflections 207 Lorlene Hoyt Contributors 237 Index 241 ...