- The New Economics Institute (formerly E. F. Schumacher Society) iis an educational non-profit that initiates
practical measures that lead to community revitalization and further the
transition toward an economically and ecologically sustainable society.
The Institute has helped communities develop Community Land Trusts since
1980. The Institute's website includes background documents on creating CLTs, as
well as model legal documents.
The National Community Land Trust Association is a newly formed organization designed to serve its member organizations. Its members offer a variety of experience and skills for development of community land trusts. To join the NACLT Network listserv, click here or email NACLTNetwork-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
The School
of Living is also a good source of model legal documents.
The Dudley
Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI) is a nonprofit community-based
planning and organizing entity based in the Roxbury/North Dorchester area
of Boston. DSNI is the only community-based nonprofit in the country which
has been granted eminent domain authority over abandoned land within its
boundaries.
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