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This chapter focuses on how core competencies and comparative advantages will help community development organizations thrive in the community development ecosystem of tomorrow. The chapter discusses the results of a survey conducted of CEOs about their current and future strategies. A number of external factors are driving the changes in the community development ecosystem including reduction in public subsidies, restrictive capital markets, shifts in government support, and the entrance of a wide range of new organizations to community development. To succeed in the community development ecosystem, community development organizations will need to act more as a facilitator or “quarterback” (Erickson et al. 2012), expand the target customer/client base and geographic footprint, develop new skills and expertise, and pursue new sources of capital.
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Zdenek, R.O., Walsh, D. (2017). The Community Development Ecosystem: The Next Generation. In: Navigating Community Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47701-9_9
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