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JULY 2003
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| ALLIANCE ACTIVITIES |
Boston Forum to Spotlight Large-Scale Collaboration on Major Systems Issues
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Save the dates: November 6-7, 2003
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 Such large-system issues and concepts as transportation and infrastructure, housing, technology, and watershed conservation naturally orient policy makers toward regional thinking, while inviting coordination and collaboration across sectors, levels of government and neighboring jurisdictions. The next National Stewardship Forum, set for November 6-7, 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts, will examine the prospects for regional action on issues requiring substantial public investment (and long-term commitment) with careful attention to questions of social and spatial equity. The Forum will kickoff with a Boston Case Study examining cooperation scaling upward from the neighborhood/municipal level, through the regional level, and toward state government.
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Gardner Academy Update
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Four regional communities currently participating
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 The John W. Gardner Academy for Regional Stewardship provides intensive assistance to regions seeking to undertake or promote specific stewardship initiatives. By sharing practices and experiences, Academy partners can expand the Alliance for Regional Stewardships national network of thoughtful practitioners and augment the growing knowledge base on the state of the art in regional stewardship.
In 2003, the Gardner Academy is prototyping activities in four pilot regions. While each region has defined its own specific challenges, they all focus on creating an ongoing platform for regional stewardship involving business, government and civic leaders.
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Welcome, New Alliance Network Participants!
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Our national network of regional thinkers, actors and problem solvers has grown considerably since we last reported new additions to the roster (April, 2003). We wish to thank the following for supporting the network as either organizational or individual stewards: Marquette Companies, Romeoville, Ill.; Environmental Careers Organization, Inc., Boston, Mass.; Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, St. Louis, Mo.; Apogee Regional Development Institute, Mineola, Texas; myregion.org, Orlando, Fla.; Regional Plan Association, New York, N.Y.; Christine Chadwick, St. Louis, Mo.; Julie Eckstein, St. Charles, Mo.; Barbara Grothe, St. Louis, Mo.; Andrea Hollen, Lakewood, Colo.; David Miller, Denver, Colo.; Fernando Ortiz, Jr., Syracuse, N.Y.; Katherine Perez, Azusa, Calif.; Lisa Renstrom, Charlotte, N.C.; David Soule, Boston, Mass.; Geri Spring, Hixson, Tenn.; Ron Thomas, Chicago, Ill.; and George Vradenburg, Washington, D.C.
Benefits of joining the Alliance at the individual and organizational levels include discounted or free National Stewardship Forum registration, free copies of Alliance publications, and more. For details, or to join the network now, click on the button below.
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| NEWS YOU CAN USE |
OPINION: Young Creatives: Who Qualifies?
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By Neal Peirce
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 Just what does it take to be a young creativea member of the newly-celebrated class of talented people who are said to be sparking local economies, rejuvenating tired old cities and adding electricity to every field from the arts to engineering? To qualify, do you have to work full-time in one of those glittering occupations? Live in a city? Do you even have to be young? The definitional dilemma goes back to the images of what creatives seek out in a community. They seek, Creative Class author Richard Florida and other fans of the new idea have noted, places with high counts of gays, counter-culture Bohemians, even some tattoo parlors to indicate a town tolerates diversity and different ideas.
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| REGIONAL EXCHANGE |
REGIONAL PROFILE: The Center for Urban and Regional Policy
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Boston, Massachusetts
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 In profile this month is the Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1999, the Center describes itself as a think and do tank that enables faculty, staff and students to contribute their resources, knowledge and enthusiasm to the exercise of identifying, understanding and solving a wide range of issues facing cities, towns and suburbs; the Center places its primary emphasis on the Greater Boston metropolitan region. For more information, visit www.curp.neu.edu.
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| PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA |
REVIEW: Governing Greater Boston
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Edited by Charles C. Euchner; Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Cambridge, Mass., 2003, 242 pages, plus notes, appendix and index.
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 Imagine a critical guide and reference to the governing, political and civic institutions of your city, region and state. Leaders, stewards, activists, and other interested parties in greater Boston have just that, thanks to the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government. Not only is the book updated annually, its free for the asking. Other regions should have a resource like this. After reading this review, we suggest you request a copy and consider how it could be replicated in your region.
Governing Greater Boston 2003, recently released by the Rappaport Institute, is the second in a series of annual handbooks on the structural and cultural dynamics of governance and politics in Boston and Massachusetts. This edited volume examines (1) the peculiar fragmentation of governing institutions and political accountability in the city and state; (2) the status of non-governmental civic leadership in Boston; and (3) potential emerging crises flowing from a large and increasing immigrant population, socio-economic inequity, uneven performance of K-12 public education, and health care financing and access. To request a free copy of Governing Greater Boston 2003, go to www.ksg.harvard.edu/rappaport; an ordering link appears on the right-hand side of the home page.
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