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Edward J. Miller and Robert P. Wolensky
Co-Directors

 
Collins Classroom Center
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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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

Volume  Theme  Year 
1 Population Movement to Non-Metro. Areas 1978
2 The Federal Government & the Small City 1979
3 Non-Metropolitan Areas in Change 1980
4 The Impacts of Growth:  Social, Political, Economic 1981
5 Small City Energy Futures 1982
6 Technology and the Small City 1984
7 Economic Development 1986
8 Governance and the Political Process 1988
9 Cultural Diversity in the Small City 1990
10 Public Policy in the 1990s 1992
11 Social Science and the Community 1994
12 Communities and their Physical Environments 1996
13 Work, Welfare, and Poverty 1998
14 Smart Growth  2000
15

Managing Local Government in Times                 Unrelenting Pressures (On CD Only)

 2004
16 Downtown Development (On CD Only) 2006

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
Collins Classroom Center
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481-3897

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Style Sheet for Proceeding Submission   STYLE SHEET

 

 

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

Program

 

 

15th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community was held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on
September 30 and October 1, 2004

Theme:
"Managing Local Government in Times of Unrelenting Pressures."

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:
 

Edward J. Miller (Political Science) Robert Wolensky (Sociology)
Center for the Small City   Center for the Small City
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point   University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481  Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481
email: Ed Miller     email:  Bob Wolensky

 

Co-Sponsors: UWSPs Center for the Small City; UW-Extension govtraining.org; Wisconsin Sociological Association; Wisconsin Political Science Association; Wisconsin City Managers Association.
Featured Speakers: Dennis Dresang, Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs, and Founding Director of the Center on State, Local, and Tribal Governance, University of Wisconsin-Madison  Robert Greenstreet, Professor and Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; and City Planner for Milwaukee Mitchell Duneier, Princeton University, author of Slims Table, which received the 1994 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award of the American Sociological Association; and Sidewalk, which received the 2000 C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Program:  The conference consisted of panels, roundtables, workshops, and other presentations related to the small city and town, and to numerous other topics of interests to members of the co-sponsoring organizations.  In addition to presentations on the conference theme, Governing the Small City, participants discussed topics such as intergovernmental relations, race and ethnicity, technology, environment, energy, population, service delivery, citizen participation, crime, religion, education, planning, business, labor, and others.  Proposals from government officials, applied professionals, community leaders, citizens, and academic researchers are currently being sought by the organizers. P.  For further information see the conference website.

 

14th Conference on the Small City and Regional Community was held at
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Memorial Union
September 28 and 29, 2000. Order Proceedings from the Center for the Small City, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 
Conference Organizers: Ron Shaffer and Bill Ryan, UW-Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Theme:  The Small City and Smart Growth:  Controlling Urban Sprawl
Website:  Center for Community Economic Development
Contact: Center for the Small City
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI  54481
Email Ed Miller or Bob Wolensky

 

13th Conference on The Small City and Regional Community
Theme:    Work, Welfare, and Poverty
Held on October 15 and 16, 1998-- Proceedings Available

Conference Organizers: Ed Miller and Bob Wolensky

 

Portage and Waupaca Counties Wisconsin
1999 Profiles Prepared by Ed Miller and Bob Wolensky, Center for the Small City

Portage and Waupaca Counties Profile--1999
For more information contact
Ed Miller, emiller@uwsp.edu or Bob Wolensky, rwolensk@uwsp.edu

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