Recast Your City : How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preuss, Ilana.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central business districts.

Community development, Urban.

Urban renewal.

City planning.

Manufacturing industries--Social aspects.

Manufacturing industries.

Small business.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Civic improvement.

Genre:

Instructional and educational works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : Island Press, 2021.

Summary:

Community development expert Ilana Preuss explains how local leaders can revitalize their downtowns or neighborhood main streets by bringing in and supporting small-scale manufacturing. Small-scale manufacturing businesses help create thriving places, with local business ownership opportunities and well-paying jobs that other business types can't fulfill.

Contents:

What it means to recast your city

Why we need a new economic development model

A stronger economic development model with small-scale manufacturing

Five steps to recast your city

Step 1: Light the spark

Step 2: Find and connect with new people

Step 3: Start the conversation and get great information from your interviews

Step 4: Analyze the input and understand what it all means

Step 5: Be impatient and act now.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781642831931

164283193X

OCLC:

1246582287