January/February 1999
Vol. 21 , No. 1
 
 
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  FRANCHISE POWER
12 CREATING A NEW VISION FOR FRANCHISES
Kevin Gray
In places like Chicago and New York City, the search is on for business networks that improve quality of life for customers and help revitalize inner city neighborhoods.
14 YES, VIRGINIA ... THERE IS A GREEN FRANCHISE
Two companies show how to build business networks to meet market demands of people who want to avoid contact with toxic chemicals and reduce the flow of wastes into landfills.
 
  A MODEL FOR ECONOMIC RENEWAL
17 ABANDONED FACTORY COMES BACK TO LIFE
Alex Prud'homme
Small businesses run by woodworkers, artists and craftspeople become the "critical mass" for revitalization at the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center.
19 TAPPING INTO THE COMPETITIVE QUALITIES OF THE INNER CITY
Through private business developments and investments centered around economic self-interest, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City is providing opportunities that are offering ways to relieve economic and social distress.
 
  NATIVE AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS
21 AN INDIAN TRIBE MANUFACTURES CLOTHES AND JOBS
Dave Block
Recycled material, local production and flexible hours are integral parts of a Hopi microenterprise.
23 SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY FOSTERS PROFITS AND PRESERVATION
Scientific methods and ancient stewardship principles blend together in management of the Menominee forest, which has provided a livelihood for generations of Indians..
 
  EXPANDING GREEN NICHES
26 REUSE CENTER REFINES MODEL FOR SELLING USED MATERIALS
Retail center in Minneapolis merges vision with focused marketing techniques for an 87 percent jump in 1998 sales of salvaged building and construction materials.
27 ANOTHER TWIST ON REUSE
 
  FINANCING RECYCLING COMPANIES
28 CALIFORNIA STRATEGY HELPS A GREEN INDUSTRY GET GREENER
Markets grow for technologies, equipment and recycled feedstocks, as a result of the state's Recycling Market Development Zone program.
30 NEW INVESTMENTS ARE BUILDING LOCAL RECYCLING CAPACITY
Coy Smith
Regional initiatives in the San Francisco Area have big impact on company growth and profits.
 
  GREEN DESIGN
31 CERTIFIED WOOD REACHED CAMPUS
Amy Seif
New building at Middlebury College in Vermont in under construction using "green certified" wood that is locally and sustainably grown.
34 INTERIOR DESIGN WITH "GREEN" IN MIND
Duo creates environmentally sensitive offices and stores while educating customers about the impacts of materials they select.
 
  CLEANER ENERGY MISSION
36 BUILDING A RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY
Power from sources like solar, wind, hydro and biomass has become a viable option in the deregulated states of Pennsylvania and California — and a renewable energy retailer is turning the option into reality.
 
  HOW ARE THEY DOING NOW?
39 PHARMACEUTICALS FROM THE RAINFOREST
Commercial success and profits have proven to be elusive for Shaman Pharmaceuticals, which recently announced that it is getting out of the drug business and will enter the herbal diet supplement field.

SEVENTH GENERATION REACHES OUT TO NEW MARKETS
After selling its catalog business, Seventh Generation turned its focus to retail and wholesale markets. The maker of green consumer household products has experienced substantial and sustained success.
   
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