Reading, Pa. has a visionary mayor, city staff, local committed business leaders and unions like the United Steelworkers and the Laborers.
- Community Development Corporation: “Redesign Reading”
- Community bank
- Municipal finance agency
- Aggregate public funds
- New union co-op
- Local Laborers International Union apprentices will be worker-owners
- Training to rebuild and conduct demolition, deconstruction and weatherization
- City buildings used as training ground – provide jobs, training, demolish/weatherize more buildings for the city and keep money local
Read more:
New Non-Profit to Aid Economic Development Will Form in Reading, BCTV.org, September 18, 2013
The Reading Revolution, One Worker, One Vote blog, August, 14, 2013