Housing special report: community investment
Series: Housing ; December 2000/January 2001, 22-25(4)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: Two articles studying different aspects community investment and urban regeneration. Power to the people looks at the American experience of business-led community revitalisation, at how they work and whether they do work or just provide tax incentives for businesses; also asks if there are lessons to be learnt in the development of 'community enterprise' programmes. The second article, City challenge, looks at government policy to get big business involved in urban regeneration, where the money will go to people, not places. It reports on plans for a dynamic new community finance sector in Britain's poorest neighbourhoods.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS63349 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 110174-1001 |
Two articles studying different aspects community investment and urban regeneration. Power to the people looks at the American experience of business-led community revitalisation, at how they work and whether they do work or just provide tax incentives for businesses; also asks if there are lessons to be learnt in the development of 'community enterprise' programmes. The second article, City challenge, looks at government policy to get big business involved in urban regeneration, where the money will go to people, not places. It reports on plans for a dynamic new community finance sector in Britain's poorest neighbourhoods.