Amidst widespread economic uncertainty and neighborhood change, residents and local businesses in some communities are pooling resources to cooperatively acquire and manage commercial real estate. Come learn from community development practitioners in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and New York experienced in using tools like Community Land Trusts, Investment Trusts, and Cooperatives to develop and maintain affordable places for small businesses to grow and thrive. Discover how local cooperative business ownership could be a strategy to help small businesses in Montgomery County.
This free event is open to the public.
Speakers:
Adriana Abizadeh-Barbour, Executive Director, Kensington Corridor Trust
Nikishka Iyengar, Founder and CEO, The Guild Atlanta
James Johnson-Piett, Principal and CEO, Urbane Development