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The Alliance for Regional Stewardship (ARS) publishes a Monograph Series, regional best practices, and book reviews on topics of interest to regional stewards. All items are in pdf format (to download Adobe Acrobat, go to www.adobe.com).

ALLIANCE MONOGRAPHS:
  • Monograph #1 (October 2000)
    Regional Stewardship: A Commitment to Place

  • Monograph #2 (April 2001)
    Empowering Regions: Strategies and Tools for Community Decision Making

  • Monograph #3 (August 2001)
    The Downtowns of the Future: Opportunities for Regional Stewards

  • Monograph #4 (October 2001)
    The Triumph of the Regional Commons: Governing 21st Century Regional Communities

  • Monograph #5 (March 2002)
    The Practice of Regional Stewardship: Developing Leaders for Regional Action

  • Monograph #6 (October 2003)
    Metropolitan Regional Grantmaking: Promising Practices and the Stewardship of Place

    Monograph #7 (November 2003)
    Inclusive Stewardship: Emerging Collaborations Between Neighborhoods and Regions

    Monograph #8 (October 2004)
    Toward a Vision of the Livable Community

    Monograph #9 (October 2004)
    Regional Business Civic Organizations: Creating New Agendas for Metropolitan Competitiveness

BEST PRACTICES/CASE STUDIES/REPORTS:

  • Result, Resilience, and Renewal: The Mayfair Index of Progress (March 2005)
    Through data, this index tells a story of an entire community--residents, local government, nonprofit agencies, churches, schools, allies from oustide the neighborhood, regional leaders--all of whom came together to work in partnership.

  • Regional Emergency Preparedness Compacts (March 2002)
    This survey of regional approaches to emergency preparedness makes the case that regional emergency preparedness compacts offer a common-sense way to achieve results in a more effective manner. For the summary, click here.

  • Regional Leadership Development Initiatives (February 2002)
    National scan of innovative regional leadership development programs, sponsored by ARS and the MacArthur Foundation.

  • Regions and the Media (September 2000)
    Roundtable discussion about the role of newspapers as regional stewards, conducted at the California Civic Entrepreneurs Summit.

  • Innovative Regional Leadership (May 2000)
    National Scan of Innovative Regional Leadership Models, prepared for ARS Leadership Forum in Kohler, Wisconsin.

BOOK REVIEW (alphabetical listing):


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