Public Institutions Are Being Seen in a New Light

There is a growing shift taking place in how society views the assets of its public institutions. If you look carefully, you’ll see evidence that assets are being defined in broader, more entrepreneurial ways. You see it in the work of the Harwood Institute, in the work of the Community Driven Institute and in the work of urban planners whose creativity often mixes private and public assets together in ways that magnify their effect. Momentum is growing for organizations to view their work as being more community-driven, less institution-driven. We can find any number of examples showing a realization that the strengths of institutions working for the public good can be magnified when those strengths are shared.