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Comeback Cities : a Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival (00 Edition)

by Paul S. Grogan

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Comeback Cities shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation's urban ills have produced results beyond anyone's expectations, reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Today, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter school movement and the police's new focus on "quality-of-life" issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America's inner cities are becoming vital communities once again.

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America's inner cities, recovering from pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago, are now revived - producing results beyond expectations and reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods
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About the Author

Paul Grogan has been a leader in revitalizing America’s cities for over twenty years. He has directed a number of major nonprofits that channel funds to grassroots, inner-city community groups. He now serves as President of The Boston Foundation. A former associate editor of the Miami Herald, Tony Proscio is a consultant to foundations and civic organizations and a free-lance writer on urban affairs. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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ISBN:
9780813339528
Subtitle:
A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival
Author:
Grogan, Paul S.
Author:
Grogan, Paul S.
Author:
Grogan, Paul
Author:
Proscio, Tony
Publisher:
Westview Press
Location:
Boulder, CO
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Sociology - Social Theory
Subject:
Sociology - Urban
Subject:
City Planning & Urban Development
Subject:
Community development
Subject:
City planning
Subject:
Urban policy
Subject:
Inner cities
Subject:
Urban renewal
Subject:
Political Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.
Subject:
Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.
Subject:
United States Social conditions.
Subject:
Urban renewal -- United States.
Series Volume:
mis. 4/2001
Publication Date:
November 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
285
Dimensions:
8.98x6.10x.67 in. .92 lbs.
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