Recently, Policy Bridge released its first report on the lost potential of African American men in our region. Here's an idea to keep this idea moving forward: Conduct a seminar or workshop on the best practices for creating wealth in inner city neighborhoods.
Civic leaders in North Carolina recently held a day-long session: “Minority Entrepreneurship –An Essential Community Economic Development Strategy". Read more [1].
A lot has been happening that we as a region need to learn.
We could use this session to learn more about the activities of the Institute for a Competitive Inner City [2].
In November, ICIC hosted a session in Chicago, "Summit 2005: Strengthening Inner City Networks". Learn more [3]. (Explore the web site to download the presentations.)
In October, the Ford Foundation held a roundtable on Regional Economic Development and Low Income Communities. You can also download these presentations form the same web site.
Links:
[1] http://wilmingtonjournal.blackpressusa.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=64773&sID=4
[2] http://www.icic.org
[3] http://www.innercityeconomicforum.com