Toward a Sustainable Social Enterprise

September 2009: North Shore Village (NSV) was in its start-up phase, with a cadre of dedicated volunteers intent on bringing the fledgling village movement to life in Evanston and Wilmette (adjacent communities in Chicago’s northern suburbs).  Helen Gagel joined the organization as executive director that month.  She quickly realized that the key to sustainability lay in building a social enterprise capable of generating earned...
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