Community Capitalism: South Shore Bank's Strategy for Neighborhood Revitalization - Softcover

Chicago's South Shore Bank has been heralded as a model for urban development by political and business leaders throughout America inspiring similar programmes from Arkansas to Michigan. Despite dire predictions that a depressed neighbourhood could not support a financial institution, the South Shore Bank fought to make a difference in its community, not only succeeding but earning sunstantial profits. This work tells the story of the people who built the bank and of the neighbourhood it serves, detailing the struggles and successes of this urban revitalization effort.