Local actors have a lot to juggle and the options for equitable development programming can be overwhelming. So how can community leaders determine which strategies and programming to pursue? This toolkit offers a roadmap for identifying suitable equitable development programming that is driven by an evaluation of a community’s unique assets.
This approach is based on the framework outlined in “Moving Beyond Conventional Economic Development Practice: An Asset-Based Framework for Sustainable Communities” and it builds on the principles described in Equitably Developing America’s Smaller Legacy Cities and “Building Equity: Equitable Real Estate Development Strategies for Weak Markets”.