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Neighbor power : building community the Seattle way / Jim Diers.

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University of Washington Press, c2004.

Community development -- Urban -- United States -- Washington (State) -- Seattle.

Community development.

Community development -- Social aspects.

Neighborhood planning.

Neighborhood -- Social aspects.

Seattle (Wash.)

9780295984445 (2006 printing; pbk.)

0295984449 (2006 printing; pbk.)

Alternate title:

Neighbour power : building community the Seattle way

Building community the Seattle way.

x, 202 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-194) and index.

Valuing community : the Department of Neighborhoods' origins -- Organizing communities : involving all neighbors and other programs -- Connecting communities : neighborhood service centers and district councils -- Building community : the neighborhood matching fund -- Cultivating community : the P-Patch program -- Sustaining communities : the neighborhood planning program -- Celebrating community : neighbor appreciation day -- Modeling community : Columbia City -- Replicating neighborhood programs.

"Building on the lessons of early labor leaders, civil rights volunteers, and political activists, Jim Diers has developed highly acclaimed strategies for community development and citizen empowerment. In Neighbor Power he offers real-life examples of how to build active, creative neighborhoods, with practical lessons in participatory democracy for ordinary, caring citizens who want to make a difference, and inspiring stories and proven programs to help government officials embrace citizen activists as true partners."--Publisher description.

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