We mastered the art of monetizing attention and abandoned the art of building a society. This essay tracks how capital chased engagement while housing, transit, and social supports withered— and lays out a practical agenda to rebuild the floor beneath people, not just the ceiling above wealth. #HousingCrisis #SocialInfrastructure #AttentionEconomy #UrbanPolicy #YIMBY #CommunityWealth #ZoningReform #WorkforceDevelopment #PublicGoods Political Economy, Urban Planning, Housing, Infrastructure, Immigration, Labor/Workforce, Technology & Society, Community Wealth Building, Co‑ops, Public Policy

We perfected attention capture and neglected the infrastructure that makes life livable.

A blueprint for redirecting capital to housing, transit, and training:

thinkingprospectus.substack.com/p/the-misall...

#Housing #Infrastructure #UrbanPolicy #PublicGoods #CommunityWealth

I’m tracking every move in the East Bay—from zoning to zip codes. 📍

Join the conversation. 🤝🚀

#TheTown #WestOakland #CommunityWealth #LudiShadowspeaker

Thinking about converting your business or launching a worker co-op? RMEOC’s programs support conversions, incubation, and building community wealth. Check them out: https://www.rmeoc.org/programs/ #EmployeeOwnership #CooperativeEconomy #CommunityWealth #RMEOC #SocialImpact

🤔💡 Ready to make a lasting impact? Become a member of our nationwide network & help advance shared ownership models that ensure long-term housing affordability & community stability! 🤝🏘️

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#StrongerTogether #LastingAffordability #CommunityWealth #HousingEquity

Rural Colorado businesses can now access up to 💯% funding for employee ownership conversions!
Protect your legacy, empower employees, and keep your business local.
Apply today → rmeoc.org/funding/rural-businesses
#EmployeeOwnership #RuralBusiness #CommunityWealth #RMEOC

🏦IMSPARK: Finance That Serves People First🏦

#CommunityWealth, #Empowered, #EquitableInvestment, #FinanceJustice, #IMSPARK, #InclusiveCapital, #Pacific, #PI-SIDS, #sustainabledevelopment, #Unbanked

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🏦IMSPARK: Finance That Serves People First🏦

#CommunityWealth, #Empowered, #EquitableInvestment, #FinanceJustice, #IMSPARK, #InclusiveCapital, #Pacific, #PI-SIDS, #sustainabledevelopment, #Unbanked

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You've heard the problems. Now hear the solutions.

This is Screw This… Let's Try Something Else. All episodes out now.

Apple: tinyurl.com/4zp88bp2

Spotify: tinyurl.com/2zdaebw5

#ScrewThisLetsTrySomethingElse #CommunityAction #CommunityEnergy #GrassrootsChange #Podcast #CommunityWealth

Small spending decisions matter. 💰

Handle the basics first and money feels easier to manage. We grow and learn together. 🌍✨

👉 Follow Black Dot Village and build smarter today.
#BlackDotVillage #growtogether #communitywealth #financialliteracy #financialeducation

Alchemical Capital: From Extraction to Community Renewal A Framework for Systemic Wealth Redistribution Through Cooperative Investment

We don’t fix extraction by asking it to care more. Alchemical Capital asks a different question: how do we harvest value from failing extractive systems and route it into community-owned care, housing, energy, and land?
open.substack.com/pub/relation...
#CommunityWealth

From Fannie Lou Hamer to today’s worker‑owners, shared ownership builds community wealth—and helps close the racial wealth gap. Learn more: https://www.rmeoc.org #BlackHistoryMonth #EmployeeOwnership #WorkerCoop #CommunityWealth

Amazing #Scotland
#CommunityWealth

Hello @australianlabor.bsky.social this is what you are meant to be doing, not being Zionist simps and Temu neoliberals #auspol #CommunityWealth

Found out the Hardee's across the parking lot from my new job has free coffee after lunch.

They just stop making it and give it away.

#communitywealth

“You don’t have to wait to start investing in your community.”
Garry Johnson III joins the iNNOVATION Insights Podcast to share how Bison Venture Partners empowers Black entrepreneurs through collective investment.
⚫Watch: youtu.be/jKTeQYnHEew
#iNNOVATIONInsights #CommunityWealth #BlackEntrepreneurs

3 days left to turn jobs into ownership & futures. Donate by Dec 9 and Colorado Gives Foundation will match your first gift up to $100.
Donate today: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/RMEOC
#ColoradoGives #CommunityWealth #EmployeeOwnership

We did it — thanks to you! But the work goes on. Now until Dec 9th, your donation will still be matched by the Colorado Gives Foundation up to $100! Don't miss this opportunity to support #EmployeeOwnership
https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/RMEOC
#GivingTuesday #CommunityWealth #DonateNow

#GivingTuesday is a reminder that community impact depends on strong, interconnected systems & on funders, donors, & partners committed to breaking down barriers and expanding opportunity.

#LivingCities #Philanthropy #LivingCities #InclusiveEconomies #EconomicMobility #CommunityWealth

It’s #GivingTuesday 💙 Want your gift to spark change? Support us and help Coloradans become worker-owners. Give by Dec 9 and your donation will be matched up to $100. Build local wealth today → https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/RMEOC
#EmployeeOwnership #CommunityWealth #ColoradoGives

Chicago’s Community WEB is showing what it takes to make community ownership the rule, not the exception.

📖 bit.ly/4qDHjm9

#CommunityWealth #PolicyInnovation

Philly’s Kensington Corridor Trust shows how to make community ownership the rule, not the exception—locking properties out of speculation for good.

📖 bit.ly/4qDHjm9

#PurposeTrust #CommunityWealth

Fair pay. Real ownership. Community power. 💪
Your donation helps Colorado’s driver-owners build a fairer rideshare for everyone.
Drive change → coloradodrivers.coop/donate
#FairPay #CooperativeBusiness #ColoradoDrivers #CommunityWealth

Two Faces of Colfax Recently, I spent a mid-morning near Colfax and Colorado, going door-to-door to meet local business owners and spread the word about the virtues of employee ownership. As I moved eastwards, from Steele street across Colorado and towards Monaco, I passed dozens of shops, talked to numerous owners, and learned a powerful truth: Colfax has two… <a class="more-link" href="https://www.rmeoc.org/impact-stories/two-faces-of-colfax/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Two Faces of Colfax</span></a>

🏙️ Colfax Ave is a tale of two Colorados—one of investment, one of exclusion. Learn how employee ownership offers a path to equity in communities divided by development.

www.rmeoc.org/impact-stories/two-faces...

#EmployeeOwnership #CommunityWealth #InclusiveEconomy #Denver

From LA to NYC, communities are reshaping ownership and taking back control. Learn how new funding strategies are fueling the future of community ownership.
🗓️ Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. ET.

🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Z1oFvS

#AffordableHousing #CommunityWealth #ShelterforceWebinar

Communities are taking steps to make community ownership the rule, not the exception. From Mpls to Chicago, stewardship > speculation.

🎧 Listen: apple.co/4nzsEWE

#CommunityOwnership #HousingJustice #InclusiveEconomy #CommunityWealth

My small acts of resistance are paying off.

I offered my dahlias to anyone in town willing to foster them for the summer and return them in the fall.

They were just returned with a delicious loaf of sour dough bread 😋

#ConnectingWithNeighbors #CommunityWealth

Bill would offer residents a 50% credit to spur local investments in Michigan businesses House Bill 48-16 would allow Michigan residents to claim a state tax credit equal to 50% of qualifying investments in Michigan businesses, with presenters describing a cap tied to $6,000 of investment and a 10-year carryforward. Witnesses told the House Finance Committee the policy aims to grow locally owned businesses, expand ownership among non‑‑

A new bill in Michigan could empower residents to invest in local businesses with a 50% tax credit, aiming to boost community wealth and entrepreneurship!

Click to read more!

#MI #CitizenPortal #LocalInvestment #CommunityWealth

Who Holds the Power? How One Corridor Flipped the Script on Development.

31 properties, 0% commercial vacancy, new locally-owned grocery—and a community investment vehicle coming. Philly's Kensington Corrider Trust is busy!

Read: bit.ly/46ZeTLO
#CommunityWealth #SmallBusiness

Displaced By Design: Fifty Years of Gentrification and Black Cultural Displacement in US Cities » NCRC A new analysis of gentrification and displacement since 1980 -- with interactive maps.

Fifty years of gentrification has displaced entire Black communities from the cities they built. Wealth extraction is the game. Community reinvestment is the answer. buff.ly/MhhrVzo #JustEconomy #GentrificationResistance #CommunityWealth