ABSTRACT
The options available for communities to work toward sustainable community economic development are explored through four fundamental elements of community economic development theory. Sustainable community economic development is about changing perceptions and choices regarding community resources, markets, rules, and decision-making capacity. The idea of new knowledge and reframing issues is offered as a method to create new options. The dimensions of time, space, marginalized social-economic groups, and dynamic economies broaden the concept of sustainable development beyond the more traditional physical-biological definition.
