"Partnerships in Communities" provides a fresh perspective on sustainable rural community development, offering community-based and community-driven responses to the challenges facing rural America. Author Jean Richardson draws on her many years of experience working in rural areas both at home and abroad to offer an integrated and practical approach to rural community development. Some of the findings presented are derived from a comprehensive project known as Environmental Partnerships in Communities (EPIC), which Richardson has directed for the past seven years in Vermont. From this experience and those of others from across America, Richardson provides a wealth of insight regarding what works, what doesn't, and how financial and human resources can be most effectively focused in rural communities.Following an introductory chapter that describes what is happening in rural America today and examines the institutions and natural resource base upon which rural communities depend, the book: addresses the need for self-directed community development sets forth a comprehensive approach based on the EPIC experience describes efforts to revitalize working rural landscapes, including organization building, pasture management, historic preservation, and more uses case studies and personal stories of rural people to portray the critical role of leadership in community stewardship and conservation.At the end of each chapter, the author synthesizes the transferable lessons learned, and the book concludes with a chapter that draws together those lessons to suggest a dynamic new approach to rural development. Numerous photographs enliven the text, and an extensive bibliography and a rich set ofappendixes provide resources for additional information."Partnerships in Communities" will serve as an invaluable source of inspiration and ideas for rural community leaders, citizen groups, public officials, planners, students of rural planning and community development, and nonprofit organizations involved with rural development.
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Beyond megalopolis and the cities where most Americans live, and beyond the Interstate ribbons of development that link the nation's coasts and join us to Mexico and Canada, are vast stretches of rural areas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rural development model, intensive pasture management, management outreach program, small seed grants, farmer discussion groups, pasture project, rural development work, sustainable rural development, environmental quality index, sustainable rural communities, rural service centers, rural community development, grazing farmers, core team leaders, community development research, threadbare fabric, rural leadership, holistic resource management, rural development effort, rural development activities, leadership workshops, preferred vision, rural development project, new community center, rural problems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New England, East Fairfield, Native American, New York, Western Europe, Kellogg Foundation, Take Charge, New Zealand, North Dakota, Barn Again, Great Plains, University of Vermont, Seeding Rural Sustainable Development, The Threadbare Fabric of Rural America, World War, Conservation Congress, Fairfield Center, The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Land Trust, Economic Research Service, Forest Service, Franklin County, Lake Champlain, New World New!
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Beyond megalopolis and the cities where most Americans live, and beyond the Interstate ribbons of development that link the nation's coasts and join us to Mexico and Canada, are vast stretches of rural areas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rural development model, intensive pasture management, management outreach program, small seed grants, farmer discussion groups, pasture project, rural development work, sustainable rural development, environmental quality index, sustainable rural communities, rural service centers, rural community development, grazing farmers, core team leaders, community development research, threadbare fabric, rural leadership, holistic resource management, rural development effort, rural development activities, leadership workshops, preferred vision, rural development project, new community center, rural problems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New England, East Fairfield, Native American, New York, Western Europe, Kellogg Foundation, Take Charge, New Zealand, North Dakota, Barn Again, Great Plains, University of Vermont, Seeding Rural Sustainable Development, The Threadbare Fabric of Rural America, World War, Conservation Congress, Fairfield Center, The Nature Conservancy, Vermont Land Trust, Economic Research Service, Forest Service, Franklin County, Lake Champlain, New World New!
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- A Sand County Almanac (Outdoor Essays & Reflections) by Aldo Leopold on page 57, and page 229
- The Emerging Leader by Dean Tjosvold on page 89, and page 103
- Economic Development (9th Edition) by Michael P. Todaro in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Economic Development (Economics Today S.) by Gareth Rees in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Taking Charge by Sonia Levitin on page 88
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- The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism by Claire Gaudiani Ph.D. in Back Matter
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