Linda Swalling Fettig
Have you ever wondered why some small towns thrive while their larger neighbors struggle? This book is about that mysterious element - capacity, that is required for successful development. With easy to use suggestions, sample forms, and highlights about communities who are doing it right, this book will be invaluable to the community volunteer or new staff person trying to understand how to make a difference.
Linda Swalling Fettig is currently the Executive Director of the Nebraska Rural Development Commission and has spent most of the past 25 years working with development issues pertinent to organizations, communities and small businesses. She has been a speaker at the local, regional, state, multi-state, and national level on rural development issues. Her works on rural development have been published in trade journals and conference proceedings.
Linda has a Masters in Leadership Development, a B.A with a Community Development emphasis and a minor in Business Administration. She also is an adjunct professor for Bellevue University.
Just what is this elusive concept called "development"? Is there a difference between community development, economic development, industrial development, and social development?
Does it really matter what we call it as long as we reach the desired results? Why do we even care about development? Why not let nature take its course without any effort on our part?
These and other questions are the focus of this book on building capacity for sustainable development.
