Making Places Special: Stories of Real Places Made Better by Planning [Hardcover]

Gene Bunnell (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1884829589 | ISBN-13: 978-1884829581 | Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Edition: 1

A companion CD is packaged with this book.When communities succeed, good choices based on good planning rarely get the credit. Gene Bunnell takes us behind the scenes in 10 exceptional best places from tiny Block Island, Rhode Island, to booming San Die

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• Hardcover: 588 pages
• Publisher: American Planning Association (Planners Press); 1 edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884829589
• ISBN-13: 978-1884829581
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #846,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This book was recommended to me before making a site visit to Chattanooga, one of the come-back communities that is featured in it. I should say that I only read the Chattanooga chapter and the "bonus" chapter on Wichita, which is included on a CD at the back of the book. The Chattanooga chapter is quite detailed and provided some useful background information for our visit, but it is written in a fairly dry style that fails to capture the energy and excitement that we actually found on our visit, nor does it give a real sense of what has actually been accomplished. It would have been helpful, for instance, if the author had said a little more about what impact Chattanooga's revitalization has had on key outcomes such as employment, family income, or crime.