NEW COMMUNITY ECONOMY

CLASS & RACE PRIVILEGE

• Place-based synthesis of community organizing and CDC neighborhood and business development

• Launch social enterprises in a range of sectors and with a variety of legal forms, coordinated by PUSH

• Strong commitment to social mobilization, accountability campaigns and democratic voice

• Build a community-based anchor institution to obtain and allocate capital

COMMUNITY CONTROL OF CAPITAL

ONE WAY FORWARD:

CASE STUDY: PUSH BUFFALO

Community planning; community mobilization; leadership development; grassroots governance

BUILDING BLOCKS:

COMMUNITY PLANNING

COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Board of Directors

Community Development

Committee

Housing Development

PUSH Blue

PUSH Green

Weatherization Worker Co-op

Steering Committee

GRASSROOTS GOVERNANCE

Annual Revenue Impact Community Jobs

PUSH Housing Development

$11 million 51 units of affordable housing 24

PUSH Green $2.4 million 225 weatherized homes 22

PUSH Blue $.8 million 25 rain gardens 6

Totals $14.5 million 52

SCALE OF PUSH’S SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE (GDZ)

GREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE (GDZ)

Block by Block; Neighborhood Stabilization; Green Jobs Buffalo; Sustainable Neighborhoods

CAMPAIGN

Affordable Housing Development & Property Management

SECTOR

460 Massachusetts Ave. - Before

SECTORAffordable Housing Development & Property Management

Affordable Housing Development & Property Management

460 Massachusetts Ave. - After

SECTOR

Affordable Housing Development & Property Management

SECTOR

Neighborhood Stabilization/Vacant Lot Reclamation; Massachusetts Avenue Park; BSA Long-Term Control Plan

CAMPAIGN

Sustainable Landscaping

14th Street Community Garden - Before

SECTOR

Sustainable Landscaping

14th Street Community Garden - After

SECTOR

Green Infrastructure

SECTOR

Public Infrastructure

SECTOR

West Side Bazaar (WEDI ) and Growing Green (MAP)

Retail & Local Foods

SECTOR

National Fuel Gas; Green Jobs/Green Jobs NY; GHHI

CAMPAIGN

PUSH Green Social EnterpriseGREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE

PUSH Green Social EnterpriseGREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Customer Aggregation Pilot with a community benefits agreement• Community-scale pricing• Accelerated project implementation schedule• $17.00/hour wage/benefit package rate• Local and targeted hiring (60% technical work hours)• Training plan

PUSH Green Social EnterpriseGREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Customer lead generation

• 3,500 residential and small commercial leads

• 36 Friends and Neighbors bundle assignments

• Public endorsements from customers and centers of influence

PUSH Green Social EnterpriseGREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Community Jobs Pipeline• 100 community residents referred to industry

recognized training

• 20 green jobs

PUSH Green Social EnterpriseGREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Energy efficiency retrofits and contractor development

• 475 residential and small commercial energy audits

• 225 retrofits

• Green and Healthy Homes enhancements

• 4 OJT contracts

• Community healthy worker, sales, and project management training to contractors

PUSH Green Social EnterpriseGREEN DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Weatherization Worker Cooperative

Energy Efficiency

SECTOR

• The rules of business apply to social entrepreneurship

• Mission-orientation can increase quality of work and dedication of workers in triple-bottom line enterprises

• Social mobilization and strategic campaigns can generate capital needed for start-up

• Even to scale, community-rooted enterprises can never generate enough jobs to meet the needs, nor can all needs be met by enterprise. Seize the moment of Buffalo Billion.

LESSONS LEARNED

• Capitalize PUSH weatherization co-operative

• Expand PUSH Green and PUSH Blue market share

• Continue to use Green Development Zone to incubate new enterprise and campaigns.

• Expand engagement with anchor institutions through Open Buffalo

NEXT STEPS