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    Nov 16, 2020 4 minutes
    BY CATALINA MARGULIS

    What if you could live a cheaper, cleaner, more enjoyable and more sustainable life? Small community enterprises are making this possible by making a big impact in their cities, promoting community spirit and encouraging community involvement, using the principles of a “sharing economy.”

    The term sharing economy has been around since the early 2000s and really evolved after the financial crash of 2008. The sharing economy is a form of collaborative consumption, often done through online platforms, such as Uber and Airbnb, to name a couple. The concept allows people to lend or rent underused items, services and even housing.

    April Rinne, founder and principal of April Worldwide, wrote a paper on the subject for

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