Ways to Reduce Poverty — Revisited
In the second day of revisiting the Thriving Communities Guide I’ll focus on the second approach to reducing poverty, CREATE MORE AND BETTER JOBS. This approach focuses on helping businesses create jobs, getting rid of barriers to a creating a healthy business climate, and having a workforce that has adequate skills and is paid a livable salary.
Some examples of action taking place around this approach includes:
- holding an “entrepreneurship showcase” to create interest and support for people starting new businesses
- raising funds for a local community owned bank or credit union so they can create a pool of loan money for new businesses
- increase the number of people visiting your community to generate more funds being brought into town
- work with different individuals who have similar independent businesses and create cooperative business entities (like a farmer’s market or a quilt store)
Are there any other ideas your community is doing that fits under this approach? Let us know!