Full Description
Around the world, rural and urban communities alike face growing socio-economic and environmental challenges. Confronted with mounting threats of climate change, food insecurity, resource depletion, and inequality, local leaders are increasingly leveraging place-based social enterprises to reimagine and reshape the future. This volume introduces the PLACE Framework as a novel approach for exploring how such enterprises tackle challenges and work to revitalize their places. Born out of engaged research in rural Newfoundland and Labrador, the PLACE Framework offers principles and lessons for community development, highlighting the importance of Promoting community leaders; Linking divergent perspectives; Amplifying local capacities and assets; Conveying compelling stories; and Engaging both/and thinking.
Collaboratively written by academics and practitioners, this volume offers case studies of place-based social enterprises in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, drawing on the lived experience of social entrepreneurs and community leaders to show the diverse ways the PLACE Framework can be applied to help create more sustainable futures.
Contents
Foreword by Rob Greenwood
Acknowledgements
Introduction Natalie Slawinski, Brennan Lowery, Ario Seto, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and Kelly Vodden
Part I: Case Studies from Newfoundland and Labrador
The Genesis of the PLACE Framework: Lessons from Shorefast on Community Economic Revitalization Natalie Slawinski, Jennifer Charles, Alan Cobb, Zita Cobb, Susan Cull, Diane Hodgins, Amy Rowsell, Wendy K. Smith, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and Blair Winsor
Promoting an Inclusive Group of Community Leaders: A Case Study of the Bonne Bay Cottage Hospital Heritage Corporation Brennan Lowery, Joan Cranston, and Jennifer Charles
Linking Divergent Perspectives and Stakeholders: A Case Study of St. Anthony Basin Resources Incorporated Brennan Lowery, Sam Elliot, Sara Langer, Mark C.J. Stoddart, and Kelly Vodden
Amplifying Local Capacities and Assets: Findings from Placentia West and Bonavista Ario Seto and Elizabeth Murphy
Conveying Compelling Stories: The Revitalization of Battle Harbour Mark C.J. Stoddart and Gordon Slade
Engaging Both/And Thinking: A Case Study of Fishing for Success Jennifer Brenton and Kimberly Orren
Part II: Case Studies Beyond Newfoundland and Labrador
Place-Based Pursuit of Economic Self-Determination by the Toquaht Nation in Canada Matthew Murphy, Johnny Mack, Lorenzo Magzul, Astrid Pérez Piñan, Cloy-e-iis Judith Sayers, and Hadley Friedland
Revitalizing an Urban Core: The Case of TulsaNow Rebecca J. Franklin and Jamie Jamieson
From Welfare to Work: Marsh Farm Outreach and the "Organization Workshop" in Luton, United Kingdom Michelle Darlington, Glenn Jenkins, and Neil Stott
Stories of an Evolving Social Enterprise Ecosystem: The Experience of Waterford, Ireland Felicity Kelliher, Senan Cooke, Sinead O'Higgins, Nicola Kent, and Liz Riches
Epilogue Natalie Slawinski, Ario Seto, Mark C.J. Stoddart, Brennan Lowery, and Kelly Vodden
Contributors
Index
