How-To Guide

The Municipal Playbook for Employee Ownership

Author(s):

Zen Trenholm (DAWI) and Kyle Funk (NLC)

Year:

2021

The Democracy at Work Institute and the National League of Cities have developed The Municipal Playbook for Employee Ownership to assist with integrating employee ownership into municipal economic and workforce development strategies. It offers three approaches that address specific pain points faced by many municipalities:

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Center for Family Life Cooperative Startup Guides

Author(s):

Center for Family Life

Year:

2019

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Ecosystem Assessment Tool

Author(s):

Democracy at Work Institute

Year:

2017

The Ecosystem Assessment Tool helps you analyze the ecosystem elements in your community by ranking existing relationships, current infrastructure, prevailing culture, and available resources. By assigning a score for each element, this Tool will then generate a bubble chart indicating the relative strengths and gaps of your ecosystem.