What are some towns doing?
The citizens of thousands of Hometowns are busy these days talking about and planning their postwar futures. Almost in-variably their first concern is to make certain that there will be jobs enough. They want to insure a sound and prosperous future so that people’s energies can be used in activities over and above the mere routines of earning a living.
Each community planning program seems to take shape around one central objective. In one town it may be a special program to encourage the establishment of new small busi-nesses; in another a plan to keep war-born industries on a permanent basis; in a third it may be the development of new residential colonies on a Hometown-is-a-good-place-to-live theme.
Several examples of community postwar planning now in progress are described on the following pages.
| Look at each plan with a skeptical eye. Does it sound logical? Will it work in practice? Can it be used in your town? Can you find a weak spot? Here we go—but hold your hats and watch your step. |
