Resources
City of San Francisco's Office of Financial Empowerment
Overview of Financial Empowerment Programs (PDF)Central Market Key Issues And Strategic Objectives (PDF)
Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Central Market - Planning for Economic Revitalization and an arts and cultural district SPUR Presentation (PDF)City of San Francisco's Bank on San Francisco Program
Local Policy Approaches to Asset Development - Leigh Phillips - Office of the Treasurer - City of San Francisco (PDF)Building Better Bank Ons (PDF)
Great Historical Overview of the linkage between Mid Market and Tenderloin communities.
http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/linked-fortunes-mid-market-and-uptown-tenderloinFour Ways to Transform the Mid Market
http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/four-ways-transform-mid-marketLocal Curency
Bernal Bucks www.bernalbucks.orgDirectory of Local Curency
http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/local_currencies/currency_groups.htmlLocal Money Strengthens Communities
http://www.ratical.org/many_worlds/cc/localmoney.htmlCreating Local Currency – American Banker Magazine
http://www.americanbanker.com/magazine/120_12/create-your-own-local-currency-1028978-1.htmlLocal Exchanges Hawaii Exchange
http://hilocalexchange.org/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Developing-A-Hawaii-Local-Stock-Exchange/119950224747098
Revolving Loan Fund
http://www.cdfa.net/cdfa/cdfaweb.nsf/pages/rlffactsheet.htmlLending Circles / Crowd Funding
SEC Boots Up for Internet Age (PDF)Crowd-Fund Sites Eye Boom (PDF)
Peer Lending White Paper (PDF)
The Role of Local Elected Officials in Economic Development - 10 Things You Should Know (PDF)
What's Mid-Market? Suddenly Everything (PDF)
How Urban Realty quietly cornered San Francisco's troubled main drag (PDF)
Mid Market Research Articles (PDF)
Twitter Tax Break Passes (PDF)
Kiva City and Visa Inc.
Kiva City and Visa Inc., the initiative seeks to raise awareness of microlending in underserved neighborhoods by rallying support from community leaders. The strategy was initiated in Detroit, where a group including local church leaders and bankers has already hosted a series of BBQs and other networking events.
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