Communities & Banking
Winter 2013 
Building Community through the Arts: The North Adams Story
In North Adams, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) may be better known, but the local arts community?s creative placemaking is ensuring that local people benefit.
Role-Playing Our Way to Solutions
Airing opposing viewpoints through multiplayer scenarios can help stakeholders solve formerly intractable community development challenges.
The Green Retrofit Initiative
Local Initiatives Support Corporation. The Green Communities Act of 2008 makes it easier for low-income multifamily properties to weatherize and save on energy costs.
The Story of a Sausage Business
The cooperation of many players enabled the successful financing of a Vermont sausage company's expansion.
The Wisdom of Crowdfunding
A herding study shows that when potential lenders at Prosper.com see other lenders betting on a higher-risk borrower, they assume, often correctly, that the borrower can be trusted.
When High Finance Meets Age-Old Problems
Social impact bonds, which pay only for success, help governments and nonprofits collaborate in a new way to solve societal ills.