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Garrison, Charles B. – 1970
The establishment of new manufacturing plants in 5 towns in Kentucky had a negative net fiscal impact on most local governmental units during 1958-63. In most of the counties studied, the direct effect of locating new manufacturing plants in the small towns was to increase the costs of government for the school district, and often the town,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Case Studies, Community Study, Economic Research
Carter, Thomas; Fleischhauer, Carl – 1988
Grouse Creek is a small Mormon ranching community in the extreme northwest corner of Utah. A survey of that community was conducted during 1985 by a team of folklorists, architectural historians, and historians, with the purpose of testing the idea of combining in the same fieldwork a concern for architecture, folk arts, and folklife. The work was…
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Architecture, Area Studies, Community Study
Governor's Task Force on Rural Affairs, Olympia, WA. – 1971
Recognizing that urban and rural problems are interconnected, the Governor's Advisory Council on Urban Affairs (State of Washington), made a recommendation that led to formation (in 1970) of the Task Force on Rural Affairs. The report of that task force identifies the continuing technological revolution in agriculture as an important cause of (1)…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Board of Education Role, Communication Problems, Community Study