American hometown renewal : policy tools and techniques for small town officials / Gary Armes Mattson.

Author
Mattson, Gary Armes [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Description
xiv, 491 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

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    "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.
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    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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