Edward J. Miller and Robert P. Wolensky
Co-Directors
Collins Classroom Center
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
715-346-2708
715-346-3130
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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Collins Classroom Center
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| The Center for the Small City, a division in the
College of Letters and Science of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
was established in 1979. The Center administers an interdisciplinary minor
in Small City Analysis. The purpose of the minor is to direct students who
are majoring in academic disciplines such as Political Science, Public
Administration and Policy Analysis, Sociology, Geography, Economics, and
Natural Resources to the concerns of small cities from a cross disciplinary
perspective. The minor emphasizes both an understanding of small cities and
skills needed for employment in small city governments, agencies, and
businesses. The Center also sponsors the biennial National Conference that
brings academics, small city elected officials and staff together to discuss
the development, needs, and problems affecting small cities. From these
national conferences, the Center publishes Proceedings: Small City and
Regional Community, now available in 14 Volumes. The Conference is held
at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point every fourth year. In other
years, the Conference meets at difference locations. In recent years
besides UWSP, the Conference has been held at the University of Louisville,
Western Michigan University, and Illinois State. In September 2000 the
conference was held in the Memorial Union of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, hosted by the
Center for Community Economic Development and in 2006 at Wilkes
University in Pennsylvania under the theme of Downtown Development. Each conference has a theme
in addition to panels on a wide range of issues important to small cities.
Currently Available Conference Proceedings
See order form for prices. Volumes 1 and 2 are now available only in microfiche. Pre publication prices of Vol. 15 is $25 plus $2.50 for shipping and handling. 16 Order the Proceeding either through the email addresses below or from Center for the Small City Click for ORDER FORM for the Proceeding. Style Sheet for Proceeding Submission STYLE SHEET
17th Conference
on the Small City
and Regional Community
November 5 – 6, 2008
Dreyfus University Center (DUC)
Theme:
Social and Economic Development in the
Sponsored by the UWSP Center for the Small
City
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 7 PM – 8: 30
PM,
Laird Room, DUC Welcome to the Conference: Edward J. Miller, UW-Stevens Point Welcome to UWSP: Mark Nook, Provost & Vice Chancellor, UW-Stevens Point Introduction of Featured Speakers: Robert P. Wolensky, UW-Stevens Point Featured
Speakers: Matt Kures, GIS Specialist & Lecturer, and Greg Wise, Director & Community Development Specialist, Center for Community & Economic Development, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Madison “The Role of Small Cities in the New Regional Economy”
Thursday, November 6, 2008 10 AM – 11:
45 AM Panel I Health Care Issues in Small Cities and Towns (Room 378, DUC) Moderator: Edward J. Miller, Department of Political Science, UW-Stevens Point Panelists: Brenda Diamond, Ministry Health Dental Clinic, Stevens Point, WI, “Portage County’s Impending Dental Crisis and Steps Being Taken to Meet the Problem.” Daniel McCarty, Health Sciences, UW-Stevens Point, “The Obesity Pandemic: From the South Pacific to Edward J. Miller, Department of Political Science, UW-Stevens Point, “Small Communities Face the Looming Physician Shortage” Faye Tetzloff, Health Officer, Portage County, WI, “The Big Health Picture in Small Communities” Panel II Environmental Issues (Encore Room, DUC) Moderator: Smantha Kaplan, Department of Geography and Geology, UW-Stevens Point Panelists: Amy Heart, Director, Midwest Renewal Energy Associates, “"The Eco-Municipality Movement in Small Cities and Towns" Anna
Haines, “Creating Livable Communities as an Economic Development Strategy” Neil Heywood, Department of Geography, UW-Stevens Point, “Small Communities, Social Needs, and Global Environmental Change—Water, Food, Health, and Infrastructure”
Thursday, November 6, 2008 1 PM – 2:45
PM Panel III Central Wisconsin Mayors Forum: Social and Economic Development in Central Wisconsin (Room 374, DUC) Moderator: Edward J. Miller, Department of Political Science, UW-Stevens Point Panelists: Andrew Halverson, Mayor, Stevens Point, WI Mary Jo Carson, Mayor, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Chris Meyer, Mayor, Marshfield, WI James Tipple, Mayor, Wausau, WI Panel IV
Social vs. Economic Development in Can We Have
Economic Growth and Social Sustainability? (Encore
Room, DUC) Moderator: Robert P. Wolensky, Department of Sociology, UW-Stevens Point Panelists: Karl Pnazek, CEO (Retired), CAP Services, Inc. Stevens Point, WI
Ray Nass, CEO (Retired)
of Joerns Furniture, James Simmons, Professor of Political Science, UW-Oshkosh Gerald O’Brien, Senior Partner, Anderson, O’Brien, Skrenes, and Golla, Attorneys at Law, Stevens Point, WI
The conference is open free of charge
to the UWSP community and the general public.
Previous Small Cities Conferences 16th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community held at Wilkes University, Wilkes, Pennsylvania October 15 - 17, 2006 Theme: Downtowns
15th Conference
on the Small City and Regional Community was held at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Theme: September 30 and October 1 , 2004 at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The theme of the conference was "Managing Local Government in Times of Unrelenting Pressures." The Conference was co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Extension govtraining.org. UW-Extension website is http://govtraining.o
Conference Program PROGRAM If you would like to receive the Proceedings, please contact Ed Miller. The prepublication price is $25 plus $2.50 for shipping and handling.
Organizers:
14th Conference on the Small City
and Regional Community was held at Theme: The Small City and Smart Growth: Controlling Urban Sprawl
13th Conference on
The Small City and Regional Community Conference Organizers: Ed Miller and Bob Wolensky
Portage and Waupaca Counties Wisconsin
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