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Outline Of City Club Remarks, Ernest Bonner

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Background Report -- The Eastbank Freeway: A Review Of The Issues, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

The Cities And Towns Look Ahead, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"What do you want your community to be? Over the next two and one-half years all communities in the state will be required to address this question, and to come up with a formal statement of what these goals and objectives are to be. And it's about time."

How To Keep Teachers In R.I., Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Should Providence city employees be forced to live in the city? The Home Rule Charter, adopted five years ago, requires them to do so. The executive secretary of the Providence Teachers' Union states that this requirement should not apply to teachers. But, is dropping the residency requirement the answer to the problem of finding adequate numbers of substitute and full-time teachers?"

The Same Numbers Can Add Up To Various Sums, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It was Benjamin Disraeli, supposedly, who first used this truism: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.' At a time of great interest in house prices and the growing field of demographics, it is incumbent on the reader to be aware of this when reading stories in these areas that are substantiated by numbers."

Pamphlet Nurses Guild Anniversary 36th; 1988-07-24, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Anniversary Papers

No abstract provided.

As The Population Ages, Housing Needs Change, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The housing needs for all of us change over time, depending on one's position in the life cycle. The single person needs only a room, young marrieds settle for a rented apartment, and the family with children needs more space, both inside and out. Children grow up and still more space is needed, then the children leave the nest. Their parents become "empty nesters." A spouse dies and leaves a person single again and often dependent on others. And then, perhaps, a nursing home becomes a necessity before the person passes on."

Pamphlet Sunday School Anniversary 54th; 1988-07-10, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Anniversary Papers

No abstract provided.

Information Report On Medical Indigency In Oregon, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Is Owning A Home Still A Workable Expectation?, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Part of the American Dream is to own and occupy one's own home, and, in this rich country, most people have attained that goal. But the concern today is that potential home owners, especially those taking this eventful step for the first time, are unable to make this dream a reality because of the high cost of housing in this part of the country. What will be the likelihood in the near future that the young potential home buyers reach this important life goal?"

1988-06-26; Pamphlet; Annual Womens Day Celebration, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Pamphlets

No abstract provided.

Canada Teaches Some Simple Lessons, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"It's an odd person who doesn't marvel at the cities of Canada on his or her return from a visit to our neighbor to the north. Whether this be a trip to Canada's largest city of Montreal or to a Providence-sized Quebec City, people speak of the cleanliness, the safety, the beauty, the good public transport and the relaxed way of living. What accounts for the livability of these urban centers? And is there something that we can learn from the Canadians that we can use in our own cities?"

Pamphlet Deacons Deaconesses Mother Boards Anniversary 54th; 1988-05-22, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Anniversary Papers

No abstract provided.

Cities Are For People, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"A walk in downtown Providence clearly shows that the concentration of bus services at Kennedy Plaza is a scheme to encourage bus ridership and reduce auto use and its pollution, especially along Dorrance Street."

Implementation Case Study: Title Xx Daycare, Leslie Schockner

Urban Studies Masters Theses

This paper presents a case study and analysis of an intergovernmental negotiation concerning a change in contracting for Title XX daycare for low-income families in San Antonio that occurred in 1982 and 1983, which all participants to the process have agreed was a spectacular failure. It is the intent of the author to use that situation as a ready-made lesson plan for how to be more effective in a similar intergovernmental implementation process. A failure in implementation was selected for study because it is easier to identify the elements necessary to achieve consensus among all players by looking at the …

Report On Use Of State Bond Proceeds To Finance Fish Protection And Watershed Restoration Projects (State Ballot Measure No. 1), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Report On Formation Of Pioneer People's Utility Districts No. 1 And No. 02 (Multnomah County Ballot Measures 26-7 And 26-8), City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Hillsboro Union High School District Community Information Project, Daniel O'Toole, Sheldon Edner, Chuck Beadle, Jan Monroe

Center for Urban Studies Publications and Reports

The material below reports on the results of a contract between the Hillsboro Union High School District and the Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University. This contract reflects the District's desire for additional information concerning community ideas and perspectives on District programs. The District had suffered a series of levy defeats at the ballot box, despite significant budget reductions. The result was a major financial shortfall that produced significant program reductions, including the curtailment of athletic programs and busing services. The District's need was for a better understanding of not only specific citizen attitudes but also proposals that would …

Information Report On Involuntary Civil Commitment, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.

Countrywide Leadership Needed To Cure City Ills, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The urban riots of the mid- and late-1960s in this nation were devastating: In the three years from 1964 through 1967, it is estimated that 142 persons were killed and 4700 wounded with property damage running into hundreds of millions of dollars. This sad part of our history brought to a focus the magnitude of our urban problems and the need to attack them at the national level."

Residency And The Charter, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"When Providence voters approved a home rule charter in 1980, they took a major step forward in choosing their own destiny, rather than relying on the General Assembly to approve many of their actions. To implement the resulting changes, the date for full compliance of the charter was set at 1983. And since that time, newly hired city workers are required to live in Providence."

La Ausencia De Utopia Como Componente De La Crisis Urbana, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La necesidad de repensar la ciudad desde un futuro deseado. Este trabajo se inscribe en la corriente que plantea la necesidad y la actualidad de repensar la ciudad latinoamericana (Hardoy, 1986), en términos de que emergen y se expresan nuevos sectores urbanos (pobladores, mujeres, obreros, "informales"), se desarrollan nuevas temáticas (salud, ecología, violencia), y nuevos objetos de investigación se consolidan. También repensarla en función de nuestro quehacer investigativo y como agentes sociales inmersos en ella. Queremos plantear una reflexión que pueda aportar en la construcción colectiva de una nueva interpretación de los procesos urbanos y que tienda a buscar su …

The Emergence Of A Medical School In Hampton Roads, John Pierce Flemming Iv

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Studies

This dissertation documents the early years in the campaign by community leaders in Norfolk and adjacent cities to establish a local medical school as a means to improving the quality of medical education in the Hampton Roads area. Although attention is focused on the period 1959 to 1973, it is not strictly limited to this period of time.

The methodology for this dissertation is based heavily upon oral research. As one historian pointed out, "What better way to learn about a particular time than from the mouths of those who lived it." Approximately forty individuals instrumental in the founding of …

Beating The System By Joining In Buying Homes, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"A recent national survey revealed that 84 percent of Americans would choose a single-family detached house over any other form of housing. Not surprisingly, in this country where we value individual rights, individual ownership of property is a goal to which most aspire and one that most have achieved.

But suppose that goal was not attainable and the only choice was a multifamily structure. And suppose that limited resources meant the only form of ownership was sharing with others. Given this choice, would Americans choose this form of housing?"

1988-03-27; Pamphlet; Welcome To The Pilgrim Baptist Church Combined Choirs First Annual Musical, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Pamphlets

No abstract provided.

1988-03-06; Letter; Baptismal Services, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

No abstract provided.

1988-03-06; Letter; Baptismal Services (2), Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

No abstract provided.

Some Modest Progress In Providing Affordable Housing In R.I., Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Affordable housing is a major problem in Rhode Island and the Northeast as monthly figures issued by government, realtors, builders and others constantly remind us. But as bad as the situation is, there are some encouraging actions being taken that offer hope for the future."

Taking Steps To Solve The Country's Housing Woes, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The problems of housing in today's America force us to look back almost a quarter of a century in time to the Great Society era, for it was during this period that some of the most progressive and far-reaching housing legislation in this nation was enacted."

City Club Of Portland Information Report On Hiv/Aids Problems And Issues, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)

City Club of Portland

No abstract provided.