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Paul Glover (born July 18, 1947) is a community organizer, author, and former university professor currently based inPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania.
Glover published local histories of Ithaca starting in the 1970s with Glad Day Press. In 1992, he founded theIthaca Hours, one of the firstlocal currency systems. He said he founded it because there wasn't enough money in the local community.[1][2][3]
He founded of the Philadelphia Orchard Project,[4] the Citizen Planners of Los Angeles[5] and theIthaca Health Alliance,[6][failed verification] He is author of several books oncommunity economic development,[7] a former professor of urban studies atTemple University,[8] andEcological economics[9] at Philadelphia University.
He consults as Greenplanners and speaks on community economic development.[10][when?]
Glover suffered a stroke in January 2019.[11][12]
Glover was theGreen Party candidate for mayor ofIthaca, New York, in 2003.[13]
Glover participated in the Green Party's presidential primaries in 2004.[14]
Glover was the Green Party candidate for governor of Pennsylvania in2014[15] and2018.[16]
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