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PM Magazine

April 2008 · Volume 90 · Number 3

Rewriting the Story of Inner-Ring Suburbs

Redevelopment Ready Communities® (RRC) is a project of the Michigan Suburbs Alliance, a nonprofit coalition of 32 inner-ring suburbs. Since 2005, RRC has been altering the narrative of mature communities. It’s one of the nation’s first initiatives to measure a city’s or a county’s progress toward “redevelopment readiness” with a certification program that brings with it the expertise of a steering committee composed of developers, planners, advocates, and government officials. Using a set of best practices and technical assistance, RRC helps localities build deliberate, fair, and consistent development processes from the inside out—and to effectively communicate them.
Anna Clark and Melanie Piana, Ferndale, Michigan.
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Changing Faces *

Census demographics have a message for managers.
Linda J. Camp, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Welcome to the E-Government Library of the Future – Today

Public libraries have become partners of local government agencies providing digital e-government services.
Robert Davidsson, Palm Beach County, Florida.
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Life as a Local Government Manager: It’s Who We Are

Three managers show how life as a local government manager can be unique.
Claire Collins, Covington, Virginia.
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Transient Housing and Overcrowding: What Are the Costs?*

Residential overcrowding has far-reaching impacts.
Vincent Diem, Winchester, Virginia.
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Lessons Learned from Infrastructure Development *

What Burley Is Doing to Enlarge Idaho’s Rural Economy.
John Moeller, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mark Mitton, Doug Manning, and Jon Anderson, Burley, Idaho.
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The Challenge of Finding and Retaining Local Government Managers of the Future *

ICMA's Strategic Planning Committee sees generational change as one of the major driving forces that will change local government and ICMA in the future.
James Svara, professor, School of Public Affairs, and director, Center for Urban Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
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