Community Strategic Visioning Programs

NORMAN WALZER is Professor of Economics and Director of the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. He is the editor or coeditor of the following titles: Rural Health Care (Praeger, 1992), Rural Community Economic Development (Praeger, 1991), and Financing Rural Health Care (Praeger, 1988).

• Foreword Preface Introduction Rural Issues and Trends: The Role of Strategic Visioning Programs by Norman Walzer and Steven Deller Essential Elements of Strategic Visioning by Janet Ayres The Agency-Community Relationship in Strategic Visioning Programs: Issues and Profiles in Program Design by Harold L. Fossum Measuring Success and Empowerment by Cornelia Butler Flora, Jan L. Flora, and Kim Wade Preconditions for Successful Program Implementation by Michael D. Woods The Role of Organizations in Community-Based Development by Alice Schumaker Continuing Support Practices and Documenting Results of Community Strategic Visioning Programs by Gary P. Green and Steven Deller Participant Evaluation of Strategic Visioning Programs by John J. Gruidl Emerging Principles in Local and State Economic Development: A Benchmarking Tool by Lee W. Munnich, Jr. Implementing Strategic Visioning Programs in Rural Communities by Steven Kline Common Elements of Successful Programs by Norman Walzer Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D

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