City of Santa Barbara, CA Succession Program
    Recognizing that there will be a major turnover in management in the next five to ten years, the City's Executive Management Team explored several strategies to plan for the continuation of a high performance organization through a commitment to sustained initiatives that engage outside the box thinking to attract, develop, and retain needed talent in the City of Santa Barbara.

    In the end, the team produced six strategies which form the City’s “Succession Program.”

Coordinating Brownfields Redevelopment and Local Housing Initiatives

by ICMA

This report provides information to help local governments evaluate whether the redevelopment of a brownfields into residential use is appropriate for their community or site, and identify the ways in which such a project can be planned and implemented. It includes case studies on various brownfields-to-housing projects, the benefits and opportunities of residential reuses, as well as information on some of the public policy criticisms that brownfields-housing projects may face.
Year: 2003.
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  Cover (Adobe Acrobat Document, 401 KB)
  About ICMA and Acknowledgements (Adobe Acrobat Document, 104 KB)
  Table of Contents (Adobe Acrobat Document, 59 KB)
  Chapter 1 - Introduction (Adobe Acrobat Document, 102 KB)
  Chapter 2 - Benefits and Challenges of Coordination (Adobe Acrobat Document, 534 KB)
  Chapter 3 - Coordinating Approaches to Engaging Stakeholders and Meeting Stakeholder Expectations (Adobe Acrobat Document, 184 KB)
  Chapter 4 - Project Profiles (Adobe Acrobat Document, 236 KB)
  Chapter 5 - Conclusion (Adobe Acrobat Document, 125 KB)