community benefits
Community benefits include a range of legal agreements between a community coalition and a Company that outlines how a development or business will benefit and protect the community in concrete and tangible ways, and can foster accountability and transparency.
Community benefits include:
Community Benefit Agreements
Community Benefit Ordinances
Community Benefit Plans
Community Benefits 101 Webinar
Community Benefits Templates + resources
Community Benefits Guide:
This guide is for community advocates and leaders who want to bring community benefits - through community benefit agreements, plans, or ordinances - to their communities. We hope this guide can help provide some tools, templates, and examples that your community can adapt and modify.
This guide was created in partnership with Riverwise and many partners in Beaver County, Pennsylvania and the Ohio River Valley.
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Community Benefits Menu
Community Benefits Guide Table of Contents
Community Questions Before Joining an Advisory Board or Committee
Agendas for Community Education + Meetings:
General Information:
Legal Templates + Information
Community Benefit Agreement Template
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Community Benefit Resource Bank: https://reimagineappalachia.org/cba-summit/
Community Benefit Agreements and Organizing for Equitable Development Webinar: https://www.policylink.org/equity-in-action/webinars/community-benefits-agreements
Community Benefits Agreements Database: https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/community-benefits-agreements-database
Maximizing Value: Ensuring Community Benefits: https://reimagineappalachia.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Community-Benefits_Whitepaper.pdf
Department of Energy Community Benefit Agreement Toolkit: https://www.energy.gov/diversity/community-benefit-agreement-cba-toolkit
The People’s Justice40+ Community Benefit Plan: Step-by-Step Guide: https://emeraldcities.org/j40playbook/
Community Benefits Agreements Offer Meaningful Opportunities to Include Voters’ Voices in Development: https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2022/7/5/community-benefits-agreements-offer-meaningful-opportunities-to-include-voters-voices-in-development
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