Explore the research and resources emerging from our work and from the communities building more democratic forms of ownership across the country.
The Commons
Community Ownership Field Guide: A Multi-City Panorama
Three comparative case studies, each accompanied by an implementation guide and focused on a different theme: how projects become viable, how they access capital, and the catalytic role relationships play.
City-Based Research
A look inside the organizations, partnerships, policies, and conditions shaping community ownership in individual cities, and the lessons they offer the broader field.
Community-Owned Futures Cohort
Emerging groups across the U.S. who are testing and expanding what’s possible in community ownership. Explore what they’re building, learning, and navigating.
Policy, Advocacy & Practice
Ground Works Consulting’s resources for advocates and policymakers seeking to create more supportive policy for community ownership. This body of work explores both the policies themselves and the work required to make them effective.
Field Architecture
Foundational research on community ownership: its evidence base, models, approaches, and the questions shaping where it goes next.
Financial Aggregation Feasibility
A study by The Bridgespan Group on what it would take to build shared financial infrastructure, including the feasibility of aggregating capital to better connect projects with the financing they need.