Mary Cacioppi
, author of the recently published Economic Development That Benefits Everyone: Poverty Reduction Is a Key Strategy, was recently interviewed on the “Econ Dev Show” podcast. Click here for the main interview page, and click here to go directly to the podcast.
Cacioppi has 22 years of experience in the economic development realm, and she is the founder and CEO of Bridges to Prosperity Northern Illinois. Dane Carlson is the host of the “Econ Dev Show,” and he also serves as CEO of Sitehunt.
In the podcast, Cacioppi talks about how an economic development approach that lifts up everyone in a community, as opposed to just certain people, will improve quality of life and place in that community.
A description of Economic Development That Benefits Everyone reads:
Resourced and under-resourced communities, the role of community and economic development in poverty reduction, understanding the root causes of poverty, creating equity and upward mobility out of poverty, and much more are examined in this groundbreaking book that emphasizes the role that poverty reduction plays in economic development and the role that economic development plays in poverty reduction.
Readers of this book will learn more about the collective-impact approach and the aha! Process Getting Ahead and Bridges programs, both of which have the power to transform lives, reduce poverty, and spur economic development.
