1. Community Investment Portfolio and
Business Ecosystems Development
March 2011

2. Value Proposition:
Local Population of 10,000 + No Outside Money =
20 Local Agriculture Businesses and 70 New Jobs
• Map what is there, note what is missing, and model what is possible
– Define local population boundaries
– Document consumption patterns: what is consumed, how much, and consequences
• Build business cases that target a local market
– Respond to needs of local population
– Focus on metrics of gallons, calories, cubic feet, kilowatts, square feet, etc.
• Establish a healthy, sustainable business ecosystem
– Group business cases into like kind and value chain clusters on a flows framework
– Develop business cases that demonstrate efficiency and effectiveness of flows
• Leverage local assets with a community investment portfolio
– Utilize multiple capitals to launch and scale business ecosystem businesses
– Conduct transactions with multiple mediums of exchange
• Strive for 100% participation by community members
– Emphasize civic engagement in local governance – a co-op structure
– Invest 4 hours per day in exchange for a reasonable quality of life

3. Apple Creek
Community Investment Portfolio Landscape
Define an area with a minimum population of 10,000 people
Map the assets they can invest in their business ecosystem

4. Secret Sauce #1
Apple Creek
Community Investment Portfolio Landscape
* Numbers to remember:
• 4,000,000 population in Northeast Ohio
• Equals 400 localities with populations of 10,000
• Each locality supports an agriculture-based business
ecosystem with 20 new businesses
• 20 businesses generate 70 jobs...
• ...times 400 localities equals 28,000 agriculture-based jobs
among 4,000,000 people
Define an area with a minimum population of 10,000 people
Map the assets they can invest in their business ecosystem
* 25% Shift- Benefits of Food Localization for Northeast Ohio and How to Realize Them

5. Take a Community Investment Portfolio framework...
Services
Virtual
(Green)
Points
Production Processing Preparation of
Consumption
Physical
(Orange)
Products

6. Secret Sauce #2
Take a Community Investment Portfolio framework...
Start at Points of Consumption...
Build the Local Business Ecosystem back to its source
Services
Virtual
(Green) Gallons
Calories
Cubic Feet
Kilowatts
Square Feet
Attire
Points
Production Processing Preparation of
Consumption
Security
Health Care
Education
Physical
(Orange)
Products

7. Overlay the Community Investment Portfolio
Framework onto the Landscape
Services
Virtual
(Green) Gallons
Calories
Cubic Feet
Kilowatts
Square Feet
Attire
Points
Production Processing Preparation of
Consumption
Security
Health Care
Education
Physical
(Orange)
Products

8. Secret Sauce #3
Populated Community Investment Portfolio
Governance
Contractual Capital Teaching
Criminal Compliance Exchange Access Research Outreach
Legal Transactions Education
Asset Asset Information Decision CIP
Services Asset Maps
Inventory Ecosystem Models
Utilization Information Flows
Systems Decision Support
Support Management
Virtual
(Green) Gallons
Calories
Cubic Feet
In Out In Out In Out
Kilowatts
Square Feet
Livestock Flour Meat Attire
Grain Institutional Mobile
Aquaculture
Reuse
Milling Processing
Recycle
Points
Production Processing Preparation
Workplace of
Reclaim Repurpose
Fruits
Dairy
Food
Creamery Experiential In-Home
Consumption
Vegetables Processing
Security
Health Care
In Out In Out In Out Education
Zero Waste Bio-Energy
Physical
(Orange)
Equipment Facilities
Distribution
Products Equipment
Systems Facilities
Management
Operations
Operations

9. Map the Business Cases onto the
Apple Creek Community Investment Portfolio
Landscape to Populate the Business Ecosystem

10. Secret Sauce #4
Flows of capitals within a Community Investment Portfolio
and the benefits for community member investors
Forms of Capital:  Individual Intellectual Social Political Natural Built Financial
Mediums of Exchange:  Time License Networks Influence Access Utilization Money
Investment in Local
Business Ecosystem:
 What You Put In
Return from Local
Business Ecosystem:
 What You Get Back
Balance: = What You Have to Spend
Needs:  What It Takes to Live
Water / Food
Fuel / Energy
Housing
Clothing
Security
Health Care
Education
Balance: = How Much Is Left Over
Wants:  What It Takes to Do More
Unlimited
Balance: Z-E-R-0 Until There Is Nothing Left

11. Secret Sauce #5
Apple Creek
Community Investment Portfolio Landscape
Ready to…
Start your Community Investment Portfolio?
Build your Local Business Ecosystem?
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Economies:
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101 Advanced 101 Advanced
Dynamics
Define an area with a minimum population of 10,000 people
Map the assets they can invest in their business ecosystem

12. City of Youngstown 2008 Vacancy Survey Results

13. City of Youngstown
Local Business Ecosystems Opportunity Spaces

14. Waterloo “Urban Farms?”

15. Cedar Valley Assets
• Bicycle and Walking Trail Network
• UNI & HCC Community
• Ethnic Diversity
• Retiree demographics?

16. Cedar Valley, IA: 10 Localities of 10,000 Each?

17. Opportunity Spaces, Literally and Figuratively!
Plot Layout for Sunlight Portal Evaluation Plot
Key Green=Normal Corn Corn Yellwo=Focus Plants for yield checks Brown=Removed plants for Sunlight portal
East
North
1 Corn
Access Row>>>2 Corn
3 Corn
4 Corn
5 Corn Corn Corn Corn Corn Corn
6 Corn Corn Corn Corn Corn
7 Corn Corn Corn Corn Corn
8 Corn Corn Corn Corn
9 Corn Corn Corn Corn
10 Corn Corn Corn
11 Corn Corn
12 Corn Corn
13 Corn
14 Corn
15 Corn
16 Corn
What to plant in between the strips of corn?