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 VOLUME TWENTY NUMBER 2
Summer 2008 Community Investments Online

In this issue of Community Investments, we highlight efforts that demonstrate a growing commitment by the community development field to taking environmental concerns into account. The articles in this issue illustrate how
developers, investors, and grassroots organizations are finding creative and effective ways to bundle environmentally responsible outcomes with community development ends.


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Spring 2008
Summer 2008 Issue
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CI Notebook
Introduction by Naomi Cytron
It’s Getting Easier to be Green
(PDF - 232KB)
Industrial Decline and the
Opportunities and Challenges
of Brownfield Redevelopment

(PDF - 243B)
Case Study: Transforming a Brownfield in Baltimore
(PDF - 87KB)
Re-Building It Green
(PDF - 105KB)
Environmental Justice
(PDF - 167KB)
Triple-Bottom Line Investing: Balancing Financial, Social and
Environmental Returns

(PDF - 131KB)