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American hometown renewal : policy tools and techniques for small town officials / Gary Armes Mattson.
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Mattson, Gary Armes
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Description
xiv, 491 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HT392 .M37 2017
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Regional planning
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United States
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City planning
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Community development
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Municipal government
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Summary note
"Before the interstates, main street America was the small town's commercial spine and served as the linchpin for community social solidarity. Yet, during the past three decades, a series of economic downturns has left many of the great small cities barely viable. [This book combines] administrative, budgetary, and economic analysis to examine the economic and fiscal plight currently facing America's small towns. Featuring a blend of theory, applications, and case studies, it provides a comprehensive, single-source textbook covering the key issues facing small town officials in today's uncertain economy. [This] book demonstrates the ways in which contemporary small towns throughout the nation are facing economic challenges brought about by the financial shocks that began in 2008. Each chapter explores a theme related to small town revival and provides a related tool or technique to enable small town officials to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Encouraging local small town officials to look at the economic orbit of communities in a similar manner as a town's budget or a family's personal wealth, examining its specific competitive advantages in terms of relative assets to those of competing communities, this book provides the reader with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct an asset inventory and apply key asset tools to devise a strategy for overcoming the challenges and constraints imposed upon spatially-fixed communities."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
New troubles for American towns
The Main Street community
The small town policy domain
Community visioning and strategic thinking
Thinking about demographics
Community demographic tools
The American dream and social mobility
The heartland and the new global economy
Small towns as economic engines
Meltdown from Wall Street to Main Street
Housing policy and the American dream
Community and housing tools
Labor market dynamics
Employment and workforce analysis
Where the jobs are
Is your community competitive?
Main streets as commercial hubs
Where is the money?
Small city municipal service framework
Municipal services and fiscal stress
The small town budget process
Public debt financing
Comprehensive planning and fiscal policy
Rebooting community in the new economy.
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ISBN
9780765639318 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
0765639319 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
9780765639325 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0765639327 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2016011228
OCLC
962321260
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