Community Recovery Networks

Community Recovery Networks

How One City’s Career Network Turned Job Loss Into a Contagious Recovery, with Expert Insights

When a major employer in a mid-sized city announced a sudden round of layoffs, the ripple effect threatened to destabilize the local economy. But inst...

Community Recovery Networks

The Supply Chain 'Vaccine': One City's Peer-to-Peer Recovery Network That Kept Small Businesses Open

When a major disruption hit global supply chains, small businesses in one mid-sized city faced empty shelves and canceled orders. Instead of waiting f...

Community Recovery Networks

When the Factory Closed: How a Town's Recovery Network Turned an Epidemic of Job Loss into a Career Pipeline

One Friday afternoon, the announcement came over the plant intercom. By Monday, 1,200 people in a town of 8,000 had no jobs. The factory—the largest e...