Equitably Developing America's Smaller Legacy Cities: Investing in Residents from South Bend to Worc

Equitably Developing America's Smaller Legacy Cities: Investing in Residents from South Bend to Worcester

By Erica Spaid Patras, Alison Goebel, and Lindsey Elam

Many smaller industrial cities in the Rust Belt declined in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This report presents strategies for reinventing these places--tapping their full potential while preparing workers for jobs, helping local businesses expand, empowering residents to become civic leaders, and preventing displacement.

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Publisher: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Publish Date: 05/26/2021
Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781558444126
ISBN-10: 1558444122
Language: English

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Once drivers of industry and wealth, many smaller industrial cities in the Rust Belt declined in the 20th and 21st centuries due to changing industries and government policies that steered investments away from communities of color. This report presents strategies for reinventing these places--tapping their full potential while preparing workers for jobs, helping local businesses expand, empowering residents to become civic leaders, and preventing displacement.

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Erica Spaid Patras is senior manager of special projects at the Greater Ohio Policy Center. Alison Goebel is executive director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center.

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Erica Spaid Patras is senior manager of special projects at the Greater Ohio Policy Center. Alison Goebel is executive director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center.

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Erica Spaid Patras is senior manager of special projects at the Greater Ohio Policy Center. Alison Goebel is executive director of the Greater Ohio Policy Center. Lindsey Elam is manager of research at the Greater Ohio Policy Center.

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