What Will Your Hometown Be Like?
By Millard C. Faught,
Committee for Economic Developmet
Contents
Introduction
Hometown, U. S. A.
- What has the war done to things?
- Are there more changes to come?
Can postwar planning be humanized?
- Is job planning the key?
- Is local planning the best way?
Job and community planning
- Is there enough community spirit?
- How can Hometown help?
Where do your own plans fit in?
- Will you want more changes made?
- Do you think you haven’t changed?
What’s new under the sun?
- Will Hometown shrink or grow?
- What if it does grow?
- Won’t the good people still be there?
What are some towns doing?
Albert Lea, Minnesota
- Forecasting the future
- Putting the facts to work
- “Jobs Incorporated”
Richmond, Virginia
- Richmond business clinic
Bradenton, Florida
Franklin Square, Long Island
- The concrete results
Worcester, Massachusetts
Big cities also look to the future
- “Go west, young man”
- And still farther west
- Back across the country
- So what?
Organizing your discussion
- Reading
- Discussion techniques
- Questions for Discussion
