Action Now: A Citizen's Guide to Better Communities

By Richard W. Poston

Designed as a practical guide, this new book presents workable programs and plans--from "dressing up" alleys to en­ticing new industry--designed to help citizens and their local officials work together to enrich the quality of com­munity life.

Tailored to the conditions of the 1970s and beyond, and based on successful pioneer work tested and demonstrated in other communities, this is a "down-­to-earth" textbook for citizens who wish to improve their community. It shows how all segments of the community can bring themselves together to make a precise appraisal of their assets and lia­bilities, identify and diagnose their local and area problems, collect perti­nent facts, motivate concerted efforts for improvement, and develop sound, coordinated action.

For teachers and students of commu­nity development as well as lay persons active in local affairs You and Your Com­munity is the definitive textbook--a product of the author's more than thirty years of successful experience in com­munity and area development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809307634
• ISBN13: 9780809307630
• Release Date: June 1976
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"