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Training Program for Emerging Leaders
A program of the NADO Research Foundation and SWREDA, with support from the U.S. Economic Development Administration, Austin Regional Office
Wealth Creation Webinar Series
This page features information on past and upcoming webinars focused on Wealth Creation.
Training Materials and Resources
This page features training materials and resources focused on Wealth Creation.
Wealth Creation Reports Description Page
View these reports on Wealth Creation from the National Association of Development Organizations.
Wealth Creation
Wealth creation is an approach to economic development that connects a region’s assets to market demand in ways that build rooted wealth for local people, places and firms. It brings together a range of public, private and non-profit sector partners who have self- interest in the outcomes and an openness to discovering shared or common interests.
Building Community Through Urban Agriculture: Rid-All Green Partnerships
Three high school friends turned an empty and forgotten lot in the Kinsman neighborhood into an 18-acre urban farm where they grow produce to bring healthy, local food to area institutions, engage the community, and maintain diverse revenue streams.
Traveling the Swamp Rabbit Trail
Traveling the Swamp Rabbit Trail During the first-ever EDD Wealth Creation Summit: Building Equitable Regional Economies in Greenville, South Carolina, attendees had the opportunity to
Death, Taxes and Dirty Laundry: Evergreen Cooperative Laundry
The Evergreen Cooperative Laundry (ECL) is a true wealth creation story – a story of community wealth building, anchoring wealth locally, and building lasting livelihoods for those on the economic margins.
Mobile Workshops Feature Stories of Community Wealth Creation
NADO’s 2023 Annual Training Conference featured stories of equitable regional development and regional resilience. Two of these stories, both based in Cleveland, were offered through mobile workshops: the Evergreen Cooperative story and the Rid-All Green Partnerships story.