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Local and Regional Economic Development Planning and the Role of Community Development Practitioners.
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McNamara, Kevin T.; Green, Gary P. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1988
This paper presents the results of a regional planning district commission survey that suggests that local and regional governments are not responding to the changing economic options with broad-based developmental strategies. Few commissions are involved with strategies that recognize and build on local and regional strengths for creative types…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Local Government
Local Self-Development Strategies: National Survey Results.
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Green, Gary P.; And Others – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1990
A national survey uncovered 105 (of a sample of 600) projects that met criteria defining local self-development. The activities produced a variety of jobs for local residents. Costs and availability of credit were major obstacles. Local business/industry development projects tended to produce the most jobs at the least cost. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Development, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness