Land: Challenge and Opportunity
by Susan Witt and Robert Swann
An introduction to re-thinking our relationship to the
land, using the Community Land Trust as a tool. Discusses
various uses of a Land Trust and how different community
organizations can cooperate to effectively enable land
and farmland preservation, initiate community land use
planning and create affordable housing.
Online
Regional Responsibility for Farm Land
by Susan Witt
Clarifies the roles of the Land Trust in preserving
farm land, and points to the potential for Community
Land Trusts and Conservation Land Trusts to work together.
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Land Trusts as Part of a Threefold Economic
Strategy for Regional Integration by Robert
Swann
Swann's threefold strategy includes land trusts, community
development corporations and community money. Includes
a discussion of key reasons why land trusts are advantageous
in a strategy of regional decentralization.
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Introduction to the 1972 edition of The
Community Land Trust Handbook by Robert
Swann
Discusses the evolution and historical precedents of
land trusts.
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Alternatives to Ownership: Land Trusts as
Land Reform by Robert Swann
Short discussion of CLTs as a way to create long-lasting
land reform.
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Land, Land Trusts and Employment
by Robert Swann
Swann disputes Keynes' approach to economic management,
and offers the land trust as a more effective vehicle
for increasing employment in a region.
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Section I:
Background Materials
The rationale and history behind creating a Community
Land Trust.
Section II: Creating
a Community Land Trust Organization
Brochure, bylaws and articles of organization for the
Community Land Trust in the Southern Berkshires.
Section III:
Forest Row Model for Affordable Housing
History and legal documents for Forest Row.
Section IV: Indian
Line Farm Model for Farmland Preservation & Conservation
History and legal documents for Indian Line Farm.
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