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Download full textFarmer, Berkwood M.; And Others – 1978
To assess the capacity building needs of rural areas brought on both by internal demands of local citizens for improvements in community assistance and services and demands placed on local communities by higher levels of government, information and data were obtained from personal interviews with 93 local officials and 344 community leaders in 8…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Citizen Participation, Community Planning, Coordination
Kelly, John R. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1976
The leisure activities of those living in a planned community with many recreational options available tend to be self- and family-oriented rather than deeply involved with the community itself. (JD)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Resources, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Life
Farmer, Berkwood M.; And Others – 1978
Information and data were obtained from personal interviews with 93 local officials and 344 community leaders in 8 rural areas of Virginia in 1977 to assess the capacity building needs of rural areas brought on both by internal demands of local citizens for improvements in community assistance and services, and demands placed on local communities…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attitudes, Citizen Participation, Community Leaders
Watts, Ann D. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Reports on results of a survey sent to a random sample of the American Planning Association in Virginia, Iowa, and Colorado and to the entire membership of the Virginia Planning Caucus. (AN)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Dropouts, Higher Education, Needs Assessment
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Bordering on North Carolina, the Dan River region of Southside Virginia is a largely rural area south of the state capitol, Richmond, and 135 miles east of Virginia Tech's main residential campus in Blacksburg. The structural problems evident today in this expanse of wooded areas, fields, small cities, and towns were born, in large measure, of the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Change Agents, Rural Areas, Telecommunications
