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Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way

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Building on the lessons of early labor leaders, civil rights volunteers, and political activists, Jim Diers has developed his own models and successful strategies for community development. Neighbor Power chronicles his involvement with Seattle’s communities. This book not only gives hope that participatory democracy is conceivable, but it offers practical applications and invaluable lessons for bizarre, caring citizens who wish to make a difference. It also provides government officials with inspiring stories and proven programs to lend a hand them embrace citizen activists as true partners.

Diers’s experience is extensive. He started as a community organizer in 1976, then moved on to lend a hand establish and personnel a system of consumer-elected medical center councils. This led him to Seattle city government, where he served under three mayors as the first director of the Department of Neighborhoods, recognized as the national leader in such efforts.

In the 1990s, Jim Diers helped Seattle neighborhoods face challenges ranging from gang violence to urban growth. The Neighborhood Matching Fund grew to beef up over 400 community self-lend a hand projects each and every year whilst a community-driven planning process involved 30,000 people. Diers provides evidence that productive community life is thriving, not just in Seattle, Washington, but in towns and cities across the globe. Both practical and inspiring, Neighbor Power offers real-life examples of how to build active, creative neighborhoods and enjoy the wealthy results of community empowerment.

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