Reengineering Community Development for the 21st Century

This timely book takes a wide-angled look at how the field of community development is evolving in an era of reduced resources changing priorities privatization competition and performance management at the federal state and local government levels as well as for non-profits and private sector entities. It shows how community development organizations and programs are offering many new services entering into new partnerships developing extensive networks and attracting new and alternative sources of funding - and how in the process these organizations are becoming more innovative leaner in their operations more competitive and much more effective than ever before.Students researchers and policy-makers will all appreciate the numerous policy examples from the local state and federal levels including a wide range of developments in housing transportation smart growth education and crime prevention. Reengineering Community Development for the 21st Century is an invaluable source for insights into the latest developments in community development financing and performance management.