Case Studies of regional best practices for regional stewards

Case Studies

ARS publishes reports detailing case studies of regional best practices for practitioners to learn from, ranging in topic from the role of the media in regional stewardship, to a review of regional development programs, to a survey of regional emergency preparedness compacts.

Result, Resilience, and Renewal: The Mayfair Index of Progress

The Mayfair Improvement Initiative was launched in 1996 to organize and develop a long-range community plan for this East San José neighborhood. Through data, this index tells a story of an entire communityresidents, local government, nonprofit agencies, churches, schools, allies from outside the neighborhood, regional leadersall of whom came together to work in partnership. (March 2005)

Regional Emergency Preparedness Compacts

This survey of regional approaches to emergency preparedness makes the case that regional emergency preparedness compacts offer a common-sense way to achieve results in a more effective manner. It highlights regional and state examples of innovative regional emergency preparedness compacts with strong state, local and private leadership. For the summary, click here. (March 2002)

Regional Leadership Development Initiatives

This scan of 10 innovative regional leadership development programs around the nation collected the best practices of leadership development. What these programs have in common is an ongoing, structured approach to preparing and connecting a critical mass of leaders to be effective in their region. This document provides an overall summary of the programs surveyed, as well as in-depth case studies of each individual program. (February 2002)

Regions and the Media

This roundtable discussion about the role of newspapers as regional stewards was held at the California Civic Entrepreneurs Summit. Topics include the role of publisher as civic leader, creating the concept of a region, telling the regional story, working with the media from the perspectives of a regional steward. (September 2000)

Innovative Regional Leadership

The Alliance for Regional Stewardship commissioned a survey of best practices in 18 regions across the U.S to find contemporary sources of regional leadership, find out how they are addressing regional challenges, discover innovative approaches, and learn what is working and what is not. Building on previous studies that identified a trend toward more collaborative regional leadership based on public-private partnerships and initiatives led by civic leaders, this survey looks at what has happened in regions in the past several years, as leaders continue to experiment with a new approach to regional challenges.