Posts Tagged Community Development and Franchising

Franchising as a Community and Social Development Tool

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Lizette Pirtle

We were blessed with the opportunity to play a significant role in the creative initiative of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the beautiful country of South Africa to use franchising as a community development tool. Anticipating and following Mandela’s release from prison in 1990, the US government had a pivotal role in the [...]

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Franchising and Community Development

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Lizette Pirtle

Community Development is a general term used to describe practices used by civic leaders, local governments and concerned citizens to empower individuals within a community with skills and opportunities that will improve not only the social and economic conditions of the individual, but also those of their communities.  Although most community development efforts focus on disadvantaged areas, its principles [...]

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