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Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival

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Basic Books, 2000 - Travel - 285 pages
Comeback Cities shows how innovative, pragmatic tactics for ameliorating the nation’s urban ills have produced results beyond anyone’s expectations, reawakening America’s toughest neighborhoods. In the past, big government and business working separately were unable to solve the inner city crisis. Today, a blend of public-private partnerships, grassroots nonprofit organizations, and a willingness to experiment characterize what is best among the new approaches to urban problem solving. Pragmatism, not dogma, has produced the charter-school movement and the police’s new focus on “quality of life” issues. The new breed of big city mayors has welcomed business back into the city, stressed performance and results at city agencies, downplayed divisive racial politics, and cracked down on symptoms of social disorder. As a consequence, America’s inner cities are becoming vital communities once again.
  

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Review: Comeback Cities: A Blueprint For Urban Neighborhood Revival

User Review  - Ja - Goodreads

For an urban geek like me, nirvana. Read full review

Review: Comeback Cities: A Blueprint For Urban Neighborhood Revival

User Review  - Jessi - Goodreads

This is a thought-provoking book in its conclusions. Especially when Grogan about the Community Reinvestment Act and the ways in which corporate America has helped to foster urban development. This ... Read full review

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Paul Grogan has been a leader in revitalizing America’s cities for over twenty years. He has directed a number of major nonprofits that channel funds to grassroots, inner-city community groups. He now serves as President of The Boston Foundation. A former associate editor of the Miami Herald, Tony Proscio is a consultant to foundations and civic organizations and a free-lance writer on urban affairs. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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