POLYCENTRISM AND POST-SUBURBIA Between 1950 and 1970, the urbanized area of Washington DC grew from 181 to 523 square miles and Miami from 116 to
Category: As Two Ships Chapter Topics
Chapter 18: Reagan Era Community Development: LISC, Nehemiah and Dudley, Issues in Neighborhood Community Development, Comprehensive Community-Building Initiatives Movement, Sandtown
REAGAN ERA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT When last we left community development it was “hitting on all cylinders”; the approach had exploded, achieving almost near equal status
Chapter 18: Big Cities Push Back the Shadows: Refunction the CBD, But First “Pay the Bills”, Messiah Mayors, Rebuild the Core, Sports and Stadiums, Convention Centers and Tourism/Entertainment, Stability Achieved
FORMER BIG CITIES PUSH BACK THE SHADOWS Crisis breeds opportunity and Big City implosion created opportunity for a new breed of Big City mayors. Teaford
Chapter 18: Explosion in Sub-Municipal EDOs: Main Street, Business Improvement Districts, Economic Development Zone, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Wrapping Up Sub-Local EDOs
EXPLOSION IN SUB-MUNICIPAL EDOS The eighties witnessed a veritable explosion of new programs—strategies which created literally thousands of sub-municipal specialized EDOs, still currently active and
Chapter 18: Reagan Devolution: EDZ’s, IDB’s, JTPA, SBA, SBIR, CDBG Small Cities, PTAP, UDAG, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Impact of Devolution
Reagan Devolution In a three-way race with John Anderson and Jimmy Carter, Reagan/Bush won a landslide (winning 44 states). The 1984 election was even worse
Chapter 18: the eighties: reversing decline: Carter-style ED, CDBG, UDAG, the “earmark”, White House Conference and SBDC’s, National Agenda for the 80’s, FTZ, CERCLA-brownfields
Through the eighties: reversing decline If the critical theme of Chapter 16 was the rise, then consolidation, of the federal government in economic development,
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