A collaboration of Enterprise Community Partners, LISC, and the New York Fed, What’s Possible: Investing NOW for Prosperous, Sustainable Neighborhoods gathers the voices of leading climate and community development experts.
What’s Possible offers practical solutions for clean energy, resilience, and equity. It’s intended as a playbook for taking collective action to build a stronger, more inclusive future.
Selected chapters available in Spanish, as noted below.
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FOREWORD
- We’re In This Together Catherine Coleman Flowers, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
INTRODUCTION
- Community Development in the Critical Climate Decade Xavier de Souza Briggs, Brookings Institution; and Annie Donovan, Raza Development Fund
URGENT AND INSEPARABLE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE
- What Community Development Can Teach Us About Creating Climate-Resilient Neighborhoods Annie Donovan, Raza Development Fund; Adam Kent, Natural Resources Defense Council; and Brenda Loya, BlueHub Capital
- Climate Resilience: The Next Frontier for Community Development Joyce Coffee, Climate Resilience Consulting; Rachel Jacobson, Independent Climate Resilience Expert; and Ella Mure, RMI
- Finding What’s Possible: How Corporate Commitments Can Strengthen the Community Development and Climate Nexus Denise Fairchild, Emerald Cities Collaborative with Danielle Decatur, Microsoft
- Unlocking the Dream: Making the Energy Transition and a Sustainable Future Attainable for All Jamal Lewis, Rewiring America
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONT LINES
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Trauma-Informed Approaches to Resilient Housing
Lymaris Albors, Acacia Network - Mitigating the Financial Impact of Energy on Family Budgets on the Path to a Clean Energy Future Srinidhi Sampath-Kumar, RMI; and Jamal Lewis, Rewiring America
- Climate and Health: Global Challenges and Local Solutions Maggie Super Church, Massachusetts Community Climate Bank
- Climate Constraints on the Finances of Low- and Middle-Income Households and the Tools to Ease Them Leigh Phillips, Maya Pendleton, Rebekah Collinsworth and Madeline Gorrell, SaverLife
- Housing, Heat, and Health: Community-Informed Adaptations for Climate Safety Dana Hellman, CAPA Strategies; and Vivek Shandas, Portland State University
- Climate-Resilient Housing: How to Build and Adapt Our Homes and Communities for a Range of Disasters and Climate Impacts Danielle Arigoni, National Housing Trust
- Empowering Communities: Leveraging a Local Model to Advance Social and Climate Resilience Debra Gore-Mann, The Greenlining Institute
- Connecting Climate and Health: Making Clinics Resilient Becky Regan, Capital Link
TOWARDS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
- Ensuring Consumer Protections in the Delivery of Energy-Efficiency Financing and Renewable-Energy Programs Alys Cohen and Karen Lusson, National Consumer Law Center
- Enabling Community Development through Home Retrofit Programs
Michael Reiner and Michael Garvey, U.S. Department of Energy; and Tony Reames, University of Michigan- Want to Decarbonize Transportation? Embrace Fair and Efficient Land Use
Calvin Gladney, Smart Growth America- Bridges to Green Jobs: Centering Climate Action, Racial Equity, and Economic Opportunity
Silvana Bastante, LISC BostonFINANCING A RESILIENT FUTURE- Investing for More Prosperous and Climate-Resilient Communities: How Investors Can Construct a Portfolio that Does Both Javier Hernandez and Lisa Richter, Avivar Capital
- Untapped Potential: Scaling Workforce Development for a Green Economy Donnel Baird with Siobhan Johnson, BlocPower
- Community-Based Lenders Provide Critical Financial Services After Climate Events: Lessons From Hurricanes Maria and Irma in Puerto Rico Cathie Mahon and Rene Vargas Martinez, Inclusiv
- Bridging the Gap: A Financing Strategy to Speed Disaster Recovery for Low-Income Communities Michelle Whetten, Enterprise Community Partners
- Growing Community-Based Resilience in the Valley of the Sun Terry Benelli, LISC Phoenix
POLICY, PROGRAMS, AND OTHER TOOLS- Community-Led, Government Funded: Federal, State, and Local Policies for Resilience Marion McFadden and Rachel Kyes, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Climate + Community Development: Emerging Investment Frameworks Fuel Transformative Impact Laura Mixter, LISC; and Anna Smukowski, Enterprise Community Loan Fund
- Building Futures: Indigenous Communities, the Green Economy, and Inclusive Employment Joseph Kunkel, MASS Design Group
- Bridging Community Investment and Resilience in the Community Reinvestment Act Jesse M. Keenan, Tulane University; Elizabeth Mattiuzzi, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; and Dontá Council, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Increasing Access to Disaster Insurance in the Face of Growing Climate Risks Carolyn Kousky and Karina French, Environmental Defense Fund
- Sustainable Chinatown Geeta Rao, Enterprise Community Partners
REFLECTIONS, GOALS, AND LIVING OUR VALUES- Beyond Demonstration Projects: Principles for Transformation at Scale Krista Egger, Enterprise Community Partners
- Meaningful Engagement: A Key to Equitable Climate Action in Community Development Madeline Fraser Cook, LISC
- Linking Efforts to Improve Climate Resilience, Health, and Economic Opportunity to Achieve Success in All Three David J. Erickson, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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