El. knyga: Small Town Economic Development: Reports on Growth Strategies in Practice

We tend to associate small town economic development with the decline of the rural United States—empty houses, shuttered shops and rusting factories. A common diagnosis of sluggish small town recovery is their lack of lifestyle amenities that attract new residents and businesses. Yet many small towns have shown progress and potential in recent years. This collection of recent articles by experts presents stories of small-town America’s struggle and describes innovations and practices behind successful revivals.

"We tend to associate small town economic development with the decline of the rural United States--empty houses, shuttered shops and rusting factories. Some millennials are coming back and big cities maintain symbiotic relationships with smaller communities. This collection of articles by experts presents stories of small-town America's struggle and describes innovations and practices behind successful revivals"--

Gonzalez III, Kemp, and Rosenthal have seen small towns' progress and potential and nix the idea that mass urban renewal and megacities make the outlook for small towns bleak based on their own experiences living and serving in small-town America. They argue that big cities need small towns in a symbiotic relationship, many small towns have quietly kept big lessons that even large cities should consider emulating, and that they possess hidden gems. The authors compiled case studies which not only looked into small town America’s trials and struggles but also their successful rise and revival practices. The book is the result of a national literature search in the fields of economic development and renewal in a small urban and rural cities and towns in the U.S. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)