Unexplored alternatives for community development

The desire of many small communities to revitalize their town is hampered by images of past greatness. This prevents them from searching for alternatives which could provide the same services in more appropriate forms – so that, despite declining population, basic goods and services could be made available to those residents who do remain. These would include shopping and health care facilities for older people, adult education courses and other community institutions.

1. Underutilization of potential in local communities
2. Self-defeating style of community planning
3. Lack of incentives
4. Inadequate social innovation
5. Deteriorating community identity

1. Declining mining communities

1. Lack of local commercial services
2. Inadequate infrastructure
3. Inadequate health services

1. Unpublicized financial counselling
2. Unplanned facility financing
3. Unexplored supermarket alternatives
4. Unexplored business contacts
5. Undeveloped recreation space
6. Underdeveloped road network
7. Unattractive development sites
8. Tradition-bound social structures in rural areas
9. Threatened species of Evarra
10. Restrictive patterns of tradition-bound lifestyle
11. Parochial escapist media entertainment
12. Lack of practical examples
13. Ineffective scheduling of educational classes
14. Disputed health needs
15. Complex regulations paralyzing small communities

1. Providing alternative to traditional community patterns
2. Promoting community self-determination
3. Designing model communities

1. Unexplored
2. Inhibition