How Rhode Island could use ARPA money to build community wealth and resilience Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to “help turn the tide on the pandemic, address its economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery.”[1] The ARPA consists of over 84 unique programs distributed across…
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Join us to talk about Community Investing in RI
Posted on Author JessicaPosted in Community Investing, Rebuilding, Recovery, Rhode Island happenings
To build a just local economy and strengthen our community resilience, we need a more robust set of tools. Local investing is one potential solution. On Wednesday, August 4, Local Return is hosting a community planning session around local investment. We’ll continue the conversation we started at Local Investment 101, a workshop series with Community…
Community Conversation with Karen Figueroa and Pam Jennings
Posted on Author JessicaPosted in Community Conversations, Community Wealth, Rebuilding, Recovery, Rhode Island happenings
“It’s giving people real power over the money and decisions that impact their community under the assumption that it’s the people that use those spaces and are walking the streets and in the schools every day that…have a pretty good knowledge of what changes and what things they would like to see happen.” This, says…