Volume 3 Issue 1

Spring 2002 -- Volume 3 Issue 1

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Resident Ownership Mechanisms: Low-Income Neighborhoods take Control
Resident ownership mechanisms (ROMs) are providing opportunities for residents of lower-income neighborhoods to become owners of some of the economic assets created by community revitalization.

Community Assets Can Help Build Wealth for Low-Income Residents
Stacey H. Davis comments on the role of ROMs in community reinvestment.

A Diamond in the Rough
Market Creek Plaza in San Diego has transformed a site that not long ago was home to only an abandoned factory. Designed and planned by the community, the commercial center provides retail services, jobs, and asset ownership opportunities.

An Investment that Is Anything but a Wash
A Washington, DC neighborhood badly needed a laundromat -- so community residents established one and they own it.

Private Ownership, Public Land
Burlington Community Land Trust provides both affordable homeownership and asset-building opportunities for low- and moderate-income families in Vermont.

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Editorial Information
Editor: James H. Carr
Managing Editor: Sohini Sarkar
Associate Editors: Carol A. Bell, Cheryl Fitzgerald

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