Full Description
Evaluates the impact of equity investments in five cities during the 1990s.
Economic Development in American Cities addresses the roles of municipal leaders and civic partners in promoting social equity by examining the experiences of five American cities in the 1990s-Austin, Cleveland, Rochester, Savannah, and Seattle. These five cities were chosen for their activist municipal administrations, robust policy agendas, and viable partnerships. Contributors familiar with each city evaluate the impact of equity investments and extract lessons for municipal leaders and policy agendas. Building on the past experiences of progressive cities, each case study city offers fresh perspectives and examples, told through a rigorous analysis of socioeconomic data and program outcomes combined with engaging stories about specific municipal administrations and policy agendas.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Full Employment and Local Workforce Politics and Policies
Robert P. Giloth
1. Investing in Equity: Targeted Economic Development for Neighborhoods and Cities
Robert P. Giloth
2. Equity Policies and Practices of the Harold Washington Administration: Lessons for Progressive Cities
Stephen J. Alexander
3. Reflections on Austin in the 1990s: Economic Development through Workforce Initiatives
Robert W. Glover, Dan O'Shea, and Christopher T. King
4. Seattle's Best Practices in the 1990s: Municipal-Led Economic and Workforce Development
Bob Watrus and Jodi Haavig
5. The Cleveland Experience: Municipal-Led Economic and Workforce Initiatives during the 1990s
Norman Krumholz and Daniel E. Berry
6. Rochester: Two Faces of Regionalism, 1993-2006
Pierre Clavel
7. The Savannah Story: The Road to Equity and Sustainable Community Development
Henry Moore and Christopher Morrill
8. Social Equity and Twenty-first-Century Cities
Michael I. J. Bennett and Robert P. Giloth
Index
