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Title: The Seamless City
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Conservative Mayor's Approach to Urban Revitalization that Can Work Anywhere
Author: Rick Baker
Contributor: Jeb Bush (Foreword by)
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 1596981970
EAN: 9781596981973
ISBN: 9781596981973
Publisher: Regnery Publishing Inc
Genre: History
Topic: Science Nature & Math, Law & Politics
Release Date: 04/21/2011
Description: HOW DO WE KEEP AMERICA GREAT?

Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, provides a compellingand challenginganswer: by making American cities great. And great cities are built first of all through strong leadership.

During his two terms in office, Rick Baker worked toward a clear, uncompromising goal: to make St. Petersburg the best city in America. He led a downtown renaissance, rebuilt the most economically depressed area of the city, attracted businesses, worked to reduce violent crime, and made public schools a city priorityall with measurable results. The Seamless City offers practical advice, based on his nine years of experience in City Hall, to show how every mayor and city council can make their city dramatically better.

In The Seamless City you’ll step behind the scenes of city government to learn:

How maintaining basic amenities, like running water, requires constant vigilanceand sometimes tough decisions on the part of city leadership
Why a vibrant downtown is essential to attract businesses and create jobs
Why the most effective leadership is servant leadership
How to find and implement the most effective solutions to a city’s most challenging problems
Why city government needs to regard the city as a seamless whole, with no section under-served or overlooked
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Width: 28mm
Item Weight: 513g
Release Year: 2011

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