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Tag Archives: community resilience
Unpacking how community business could make Greater Manchester’s economy more viable
May’s Café Conversation was held on 17.5.17 at Methodist Hall, Manchester. 15 people took part in a highly engaged, enthusiastic, structured discussion as part of Steady State Manchester (SSM) working on its journey on how to practically envision a shift … Continue reading
Posted in Business, community, community business, economics, environment, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester City Region, Viable Economy
Tagged community, community business, community economic development, community resilience, economics, environment, foundational economy, Greater Manchester, health, social change, Steady State Manchester, viable economy
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Achieving a viable economy – is community business the answer?
Next cafe conversation about community businesses and a brief report from our AGM… Wednesday 17th May 6.30-8pm Lounge at Manchester Methodist Hall Central Buildings, Oldham St, Manchester M1 1JQ There are many types of community businessess including shops, farms, pubs or … Continue reading
Policies for the City Region – serialised: Part 1, setting the scene
Here we begin a serialisation of out report, Policies for the City Region. This installment explains what we are trying to do, and the essentials of our Viable Economy approach. It also gives a preview of what will follow. But … Continue reading
So what would we do? Towards an alternative strategy for the city region
Download the Working Paper here It is easy to be critical. We are critical of the way our city and regional leaders have generally tackled the difficult problem of economic, social and environmental viability. We see their approach as based … Continue reading
Posted in Greater Manchester City Region
Tagged CLES, climate change, community resilience, CRESC, economic localisation, economy, exchange, fiscal gap, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, hidden economy, inequality, investment, Mark Burton, money, productivity, replacement economy, Working Paper
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Withington Road – Looking in the right place for a compassionate, viable economy
Click for the pdf version of this post. Where are we most likely to find models for a viable economy? We recently discovered there are more answers than we realised without looking very far. There is a strong economic case … Continue reading
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Tagged community, community life, community resilience, Judith Emanuel, local economy, Manchester, retail, viable economy, Whalley Range, Withington Road
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Mayor Tony Lloyd responds to our Open Letter.
We have now received a response from Tony Lloyd to our open letter about DevoManc. In that letter, which received a lot of interest and support, we did two things. First we shared ideas about how to begin addressing the … Continue reading
An open letter to Tony Lloyd, Interim Mayor of Greater Manchester
In this open letter, Steady State Manchester’s Mark Burton invites Tony Lloyd, the newly appointed interim Mayor of Greater Manchester to take steps to redress the democratic deficit in the devolution deal and to focus on supporting the local economy, … Continue reading
From loyalty points to community currency: releasing value for the local economy
The development of community loyalty points, which aim to give a leg-up to people living on the poverty line, is picking up momentum with two proof-of-concept projects slated to go live later this summer in Wigan and Hull. The aim … Continue reading
Posted in Money system, re-localisation
Tagged community resilience, economic justice, Hull, local currency, loyalty schemes, Mike Riddell, money, re-localisation, Wigan
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