Community Economic Development (CED) is a process where people living in a community work together to create a diversified and sustainable local economy.

In Nova Scotia, people are creating community parks and gardens, holding music festivals and carving out wilderness trails. They're building community-owned businesses and setting up worker-owned companies. They're opening heritage museums, operating 4-H clubs and starting small businesses. And they're supporting each other by buying locally produced products and using local services.