The Seamless City: A Conservative Mayor's Approach to Urban Revitalization that Can Work Anywhere

The Seamless City: A Conservative Mayor's Approach to Urban Revitalization that Can Work Anywhere

The Seamless City: A Conservative Mayor's Approach to Urban Revitalization that Can Work Anywhere

The Seamless City: A Conservative Mayor's Approach to Urban Revitalization that Can Work Anywhere

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Overview

HOW DO WE KEEP AMERICA GREAT?

Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, provides a compelling—and challenging—answer: 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 priority—all 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 vigilance—and 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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596981973
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 04/05/2011
Pages: 350
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative though, action, and history.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction: A Great Nation Needs Great Cities xv

Chapter 1 Day One 1

Chapter 2 Four Years Later 5

The Plan for the City

Chapter 3 Define the Mission, Set Goals, Become the Best 9

Chapter 4 Public Safety Is Job No. 1 23

Chapter 5 Downtown 51

Chapter 6 Jobs 83

Chapter 7 Inner Cities 95

Chapter 8 Schools Belong to Everyone 123

Chapter 9 Neighborhoods 139

Chapter 10 Improve Government Operations 159

Chapter 11 Homelessness 169

Chapter 12 Promote the City 185

Chapter 13 Measure Progress 191

The Job of the Mayor

Chapter 14 Run the Business; Handle Crisis; Advance the Vision 199

Chapter 15 Faith and a Public Life 205

Chapter 16 Family 215

Chapter 17 Leading the City 225

Chapter 18 Managing the Government 243

Conclusion 259

Epilogue 261

Acknowledgments 267

Appendix: City Scorecards 271

Index 277

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