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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
#161 The Livable City: Revitalizing Urban
Communities
Partners for Livable Communities, published by McGraw Hill,
2000. 200 pages. ($25.00)
This book concludes Partners’ four-year Communities Futures
Program in 20 cities, addressing every facet of improving
livability – from building private, business and governmental
coalitions to obtaining funding. It brings together examples,
methods, goals and working case studies, resources and tried-and-tested
techniques – all designed to enrich the quality of life
in urban, suburban and exurban communities. A valuable and
much needed resource for urban designers, planners, elected
officials, business leaders, civic leaders and anyone concerned
with the condition of urban communities, anywhere in the world.
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#60 Best Practices: A Compendium of Ideas
and Models for Improving Livability
Partners for Livable Communities, Sue Coppa and Anissa Weintraub,
2001. 186 pages. ($30.00)
This compendium of over 100 best practices is divided into
four sections: Economics of Art and Culture; Livable Design;
Youth and Family; and Leadership. Developed from Partners’
best practice files and databases.
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#162 Philanthropy and Economic Development
Partners for Livable Communities, 1999. 62 pages. ($15.00)
A resource guide prepared by Partners for the Southeast Council
of Foundations pre-conference workshop. A set of best practice
and a workbook on economic development briefing for some 20
foundation leaders.
#164 Creating the Globally Competitive
Community
Partners for Livable Communities, David D. Bowes, 1997. 80
pages. ($20.00)
A local leadership guide to economic growth and quality of
life, a joint initiative of Partners and the Manufacturing
Institute. This publication emphasizes the importance of collaboration
between community leaders and manufacturers to enhance the
growth of small and medium-sized manufacturing and includes
14 factors necessary to make a community competitive in the
new global market.
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#166 Business Improvement Districts:
Taxation with Representation
Partners for Livable Communities, Cristopher Benner, 1997.
78 pages. ($20.00)
This report describes business improvement districts, in which
property owners essentially tax themselves to provide additional
services or capital improvements. Twenty-four best practices
show how business improvement districts work and appendices
provide leads to other sources of information.
#173 Family Investment Strategies: Improving
the Lives of Children and Communities
Partners for Livable Communities, Marion Pines, 1994. ($10.00)
This call to action, written by a senior fellow at the Johns
Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies, features
case studies that describe exciting new approaches to welfare
strategies, along with advice and information that will allow
readers to replicate these programs in their communities.
#174 The State of the American Community:
Empowerment for Local Action
Partners for Livable Communities, Robert McNulty and Clint
Page, 1994. 156 pages. ($25.00)
The final report from Partners’ State of the American
Community initiative, this book features chapters on leadership,
regionalism, visioning and goal setting and presents more
than 100 examples culled from five years of research in more
than 100 communities. Contributing authors include David Rusk,
John Peterson, Charles Mahtesian, David Osborne and Neal Peirce.
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#186 Return of the Livable City: Learning
from America’s Best
Partners for Livable Communities, Robert McNulty, Dorothy
Jacobson and Leo Penne, 1986. 336 pages. ($25.00)
Companion volume to The Economics of Amenity gives a close-up
and detailed account to the steps and processes used by cities
to increase their economic bases by enhancing quality of life.
Nearly three-dozen cities in the United States and Canada
are profiled in what is still the best compilation of "rags
to riches" stories of American cities.
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