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Organizational Assessment Of The Brookline Planning & Community Development Department, Richard Kobayashi, Monica Lamboy
Organizational Assessment Of The Brookline Planning & Community Development Department, Richard Kobayashi, Monica Lamboy
Edward J. Collins Center for Public Management Publications
The immediate impetus for the organizational study of the Brookline Planning & Community Development Department (Department) was concern about the appropriate role for the Town in supporting the local business community, in particular whether the role performed by the Commercial Areas Coordinator position should continue.
In addition, the Town needed advice about the appropriate strategy for the Town to maintain planning and development services and staffing in light of the long‐term decline in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Since its passage in 1974, CDBG has been a principal component of the Department’s financial architecture and a significant portion of …