Idea Bank
Here you’ll be able to browse through a catalog of ideas, filter by topic and by region.
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- Action Plan 2
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Evaluation in Service of Racial Equity Tools
A three-part recorded webinar series and guide from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation provides examples and strategies to incorporate anti-bias and racial equity within program evaluation measures.
Equitable Development Principles and Scorecard
A coalition of community-based organizations in the Twin Cities region crafted a six-part framework and scoring system to build a collective commitment to equitable development.
Economic Mobility Guide
From Solutions Journalism, a guide for storytellers and journalists that provide guidance, examples, and ideas for discussing topics across economic mobility and poverty, including avoiding stereotypes and orienting stories towards solutions.
Do No Harm Guide
From the Urban Institute, this guide provides communications and design considerations for data storytelling regarding racial equity.
Digital Inclusion 101
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance has curated an introductory set of resources, videos, and approaches in their Digital Inclusion 101 primer.
Data Guide for Advancing Racial Equity through Federally Funded Public Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Projects
From the Urban Institute, this guide provides sample evaluation metrics for transportation access, including sources for demographic, mobility, economic, health and housing data. The guide aligns these metrics to the four core federal funding priorities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Data for an Inclusive Economic Recovery
In this report, the National Skills Coalition looks at metrics that address structural inequities for federal investments in workforce development, including enhanced outcome metrics and identifying and addressing workforce equity gaps.
Community Land Trust Technical Manual
From the Grounded Solutions Network, this manual provides guidance on launching and operating a Community Land Trust, including draft documentation.
WealthWork's Capital Framework
The WealthWorks’ capital framework identifies eight forms of capital: intellectual, financial, natural, cultural, built, political, individual, and social.
Community Capital Frameworks (CCF)
The Community Capitals Framework (CCF), commonly used in rural economic development, identifies seven types of capital: built, cultural, financial, human, natural, political, and social.
Community Broadband Networks
Explore the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s research, map, and podcast that explore the creation of local community-owned networks.
Cluster Growth Toolkit
From ICIC, this report explores four models of inclusive clusters, including definitions, cluster identification and analysis, and workforce considerations.
CEDS and Hazard Mitigation Plan Alignment Guide
A collaborative guide from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the EDA, look at the potential to connect and link strategies across economic development and hazard mitigation planning.
Building Equitable Local Ecosystems for Small Business Brief
A summary of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s (LISC) ecosystem focused approach to serving small and micro-businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Beyond Inclusion: Equity in Public Engagement
Researchers at Simon Fraser University outline eight core principles to guide the inclusion of diverse voices in public engagement initiatives. This guide includes addressing barriers to accessibility and engaging participants with lived experiences.
Segregated by Design
From Silkworm Studio, this film examines the history of redlining and the continued impact on neighborhoods and housing policy today.
U.S. Cluster Mapping
Created with support from the EDA, this platform analyzes and summarizes several open data sets that identify regional clusters by location and industry.
Theil's H Index
A metric of racial segregation that indicates how evenly members of racial and ethnic groups are distributed across a region as a whole.
National Equity Atlas
From PolicyLink, this platform provides a set of dashboards and maps to with racial and economic equity measures.
National Economic Resilience Data Explorer (NERDE)
From Argonne National Laboratory and StatsAmerica, data on economic distress, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the emergence of industry clusters at the regional and local levels.