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4. What is the Community Stewardship Trust (CST)?

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The Guild’s Community Stewardship Trust is a Public Benefit Corporation with you, the community, as its shareholders.

The Community Stewardship Trust is a vehicle for community-involved real estate development, community investment and ownership, community wealth building, and local control of land and property. The CST is one approach to collective land stewardship and building a solidarity economy.

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At its core, the Community Stewardship Trust (CST) is a way for you to own buildings and land in your neighborhood together with your neighbors.

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Community Wealth Building
Permanent Affordability
Local Control of Land and Neighborhoods

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CST Goals

CST Goals

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Permanent Affordability
Local Control of Land and Neighborhoods

Orientation to the Community Stewardship Trust

Community Wealth Building
Community Wealth Building

CST Goals

Permanent Affordability
Local Control of Land and Neighborhoods

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10. Next Moves to Stay Involved

9. Challenges & Opportunities

8. CST and Governance

1. Objectives

5. Investing in the CST

6. Preview of the CST Investor Portal

7. CST and Land Development

2. Why Now? The Present Context

Course Guide

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Technology Intro

Orientation to the Community Stewardship Trust

Index - Course Chapters

3. Introducing Solidarity Economy

4. What is the Community Stewardship Trust (CST)?

  • The CST empowers community members to make decisions about properties based on shared values, such as affordability, accessibility, and long-term community benefit, and local needs.
Local Control of Land and Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods should be governed and controlled by the people with the most vested interest in them: those who live there. Development and land use should be community-driven and equitable.

  • The CST empowers community members to make decisions about properties based on shared values, such as affordability, accessibility, and long-term community benefit, and local needs.
Local Control of Land and Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods should be governed and controlled by the people with the most vested interest in them: those who live there. Development and land use should be community-driven and equitable.

30310
Atlanta, GA

Our first CST in zip code 30310 brings local residents together to own and steward properties such as grocery stores, affordable housing, and other spaces for small businesses and community-based organizations.

CST Focus: 30310, Atlanta, GA
  • The Community Stewardship Trust (CST) is a vehicle for creating permanently affordable housing that remains accessible across generations.
Permanent Affordability

Land should be permanently protected from market speculation, ensuring long-term housing accessibility and preventing displacement. Our model maintains affordable housing as a fundamental community right.

  • The Community Stewardship Trust (CST) is a vehicle for creating permanently affordable housing that remains accessible across generations.
Permanent Affordability

Land should be permanently protected from market speculation, ensuring long-term housing accessibility and preventing displacement. Our model maintains affordable housing as a fundamental community right.

  • The CST is a vehicle for community members to own buildings together and build community wealth.
Community Wealth Building

A strategy to transform local economies by redirecting resources to equitable economic opportunities that build sustainable local prosperity, such as supporting democratic and collective ownership and local businesses. Rather than maximizing individual profits, we believe wealth should be shared and accumulated collectively.

  • The Community Stewardship Trust (CST) is a vehicle for creating permanently affordable housing that remains accessible across generations.
Permanent Affordability

Land should be permanently protected from market speculation, ensuring long-term housing accessibility and preventing displacement. Our model maintains affordable housing as a fundamental community right.

  • The CST is a vehicle for community members to own buildings together and build community wealth.
Community Wealth Building

Rather than maximizing individual profits, wealth should be shared and accumulated collectively.

  • The CST empowers community members to make decisions about properties based on shared values, such as affordability, accessibility, and long-term community benefit, and local needs.
Local Control of Land and Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods should be governed and controlled by the people with the most vested interest in them: those who live there. Development and land use should be community-driven and equitable.

  • The CST is a vehicle for community members to own buildings together and build community wealth.
Community Wealth Building

Rather than maximizing individual profits, wealth should be shared and accumulated collectively.