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THE BRONX... 
​A Place of Hopeful Contradictions

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The Bronx is rich in assets but also in massive challenges, including persistent intergenerational poverty and some of the worst health statistics in the state and country. BCDI calls these "hopeful contradictions." These contradictions persist for the fundamental reason that Bronx residents have traditionally not been present at the table when investments are made and assets deployed in the borough. 

The Hunts Point Cooperative Market is a case in point.  Although the market is one of the largest food distribution centers in the world—responsible for 85% of the fresh produce, meat, and fish found in the supermarkets of the greater New York region—until recently fresh produce was nowhere available to residents who live in the nearby communities. Indeed food deserts continue to exist throughout the borough. 
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Other examples of this pattern of assets failing to serve the community abound—world class health care institutions reside in neighborhoods with some of the worst health statistics in the state and country; some of the most successful commercial corridors exist in neighborhoods with extraordinarily high levels of unemployment and poverty (often double the state average).

Empowering the Bronx community to regenerate itself by redeploying its abundant assets is what BCDI is about. 

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THE FIELD GUIDE TO A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY

The Field Guide is a project of Capital Institute, a non-partisan think tank exploring the economic transition to a more just, regenerative, and thus sustainable way of living on this earth through the transformation of finance.  Our Regenerative Capitalism framework is the source code for all our work. Since 2010, The Field Guide has been telling the stories of projects and enterprises of the emerging Regenerative Economy.  It is Capital Institute's attempt to link theory with practice, shining a light on how the Regenerative Economy is emerging in the real world, if only we have eyes to see.



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