Visionary mayor, city staff, local committed business leaders and unions like the United Steelworkers and the Laborers Community Development Corporation: Redesign Reading ▫ Community bank ▫ Municipal finance agency ▫ Aggregate public funds New union co-op ▫ Local Laborers International Union apprentices = worker- owners ▫ Training to do building demolition, deconstruction and weatherization ▫ City buildings used as training ground - provide jobs, training, demolish/weatherize more buildings for the city and keep money local Reading Union Cooperative Initiative
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