{"id":191,"date":"2010-06-26T08:18:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T08:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedscd.wordpress.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2010-06-26T08:18:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T08:18:27","slug":"the-great-reset-lessons-for-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2010\/06\/26\/the-great-reset-lessons-for-leeds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Reset – Lessons for Leeds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most successful examples…result not from top-down policies imposed by local governments but from organic, bottom-up, community based efforts. \u00a0While…government and business leaders pressed for big\u00a0government\u00a0solutions – new stadiums and convention centres – the city’s real turnaround was driven by\u00a0community\u00a0groups and citizen-led initiatives. \u00a0Community groups, local foundations and non-profits – not city hall or business led economic development groups – drove…transformation, playing a key role in stabilising and strengthening neighbourhoods…Many of…(the) best neighbourhoods…are ones that were somehow spared from the wrath of urban renewal…<\/p>\n

Richard Florida – The Great Reset<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Talking about the transformation of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

It is not about getting citizen led groups to do the work of the state – which seems to be the idea behind BIG Society – but about engaging the state in the work of the citizens. \u00a0Making a transition as far as possible from authority towards enabler.<\/p>\n

This requires community development workers to not be ‘bought’\u00a0by the state to foist policy on neighbourhoods. \u00a0To recognise that their role is to facilitate enterprising communities and not to be an extension of the state with a smiling face.<\/p>\n

Sounds reasonable? \u00a0The get involved with Progress School<\/a> and\/or Innovation Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n