Self-Help: Community Development in North Carolina’s Downtowns

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  • White, Malcolm
    • Other Affiliation: Director of Communications, Self-Help Credit Union, Durham, NC
Abstract
  • Self-Help Credit Union, headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, provides an innovative set of new tools for planners interested in downtown revitalization, community development, and asset building among low-income individuals. This article details the role played by Self-Help in a number of community development activities in Durham, Asheville, Memphis and other cities throughout the southeast. In these cities, Self-Help has provided the critical first investment in projects deemed too risky by the private sector—often with high success rates. Also discussed in this article is a brief overview of the financing tools and strategies used by Self-Help to leverage private and public funds for their innovative work.
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  • Article
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  • In Copyright
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  • Carolina Planning Journal
Journal volume
  • 31
Journal issue
  • 2
Page start
  • 55
Page end
  • 59
Language
  • English
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  • Carolina Planning Journal

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