Field Architecture
To strengthen the field, we first need a shared understanding of it.
Our research paints a clearer picture of community ownership as a field, exploring how different models work and the factors that shape their possibilities and limitations. By establishing shared language and evidence across models, we create common ground for the field to learn from what already exists, connect work that often happens in isolation, and build what comes next.
Community Ownership in Practice: What Current Research Reveals About Property, Power, & Possibility
The COLA Lab's comprehensive review and synthesis of English-language literature on community ownership, breaking down the models, tensions, and gaps that are present in the field today.
Designing Community Ownership: A Taxonomy for Strategic Modeling
A practical, anchoring tool for the field, the taxonomy is the first publication covering and comparing both residential and commercial community ownership models across the U.S.