LISC and Next Street have just published a new playbook for community developers and their partners working to nurture equitable small business ecosystems in historically underinvested places: Building Organizational Capabilities in Service of Equitable and Inclusive Small Business Ecosystems. The guide is the outgrowth of years of practice and research, and the particular lessons of the pandemic, and the understanding that truly equitable and inclusive business communities must be driven by local organizations and local people equipped with the tools and capital they need to do the work.

LISC & Next Street

A practitioners' guide from LISC and Next Street offers guidance, best practices, and a platform for workshopping ideas.