The Community Economic Development Handbook: Strategies and Tools to Revitalize Your Neighborhood

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The step by step guide to turning any neighborhood around A weak local economy may also be strengthened. A run-down neighborhood of boarded-up storefronts, litter-strewn sidewalks, high unemployment, and poorly-maintained housing may also be transformed. An entire community may also be lifted up. Mihailo (Mike) Temali knows this first-hand. He has spent nearly twenty years working in community-based economic development, helping cities as diverse as St. Paul, Minnesota, and Santiago, Chile. In this concrete, practical, jargon-free handbook, he describes a proven way to make any community a better place to live. Comprehensive, realistic, and easy-to-use If you do not have already got a community economic development (CED) organization in place, Temali tells you how to set one up. Then he defines four pivot points that are the most important to neighborhood economies: 1) Revitalizing your commercial district; 2) Developing microbusinesses; 3) Developing your community personnel; and 4) Growing good neighborhood jobs. He explains how to select your first pivot point, then guides you through the process of tackling each and every one. True stories of successful CED provide inspiration. Sidebars explore related issues: dealing with gentrification, finding potential partners, supporting microentrepreneurs, and more. Other CED professionals share their insights in “From the Field” notes. Appendices point you toward useful resources, show you how to use the Internet to research your regional economy, and include dozens of worksheets that can assist you move from reading about CED to doing it. The Community Economic Development Handbook is precisely what you wish to have to turn your neighborhood around!
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