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American regionalists, William R. (Bill) Dodge is regarded as a lead
thinker and facilitator - a man who's worked effectively over three
decades to help regional communities identify their critical challenges
and build collaborations that address a whole range of tough challenges,
from balanced growth to fiscal and ethnic disparities to creating
effective regional decision-making networks.
In the mid-1990s his
book, Regional Excellence: Governing Together to Compete Globally
and Flourish Locally, provided critical assistance to public and
private leaders seeking to improve regional decision making in the
citistate age. He is is currently writing a book on the seven key components to building successful regions for all, including becoming excellent regional citizens, connecting regional decision-making networks, and negotiating regional cooperative growth compacts.
In the late-1990s, as
Executive Director of the National Association of Regional Councils,
Dodge brought regional leaders and their organizations together,
in annual Regional Summits, to help advance a National Regional
Agenda. He also guided the preparation of the first National State-of-the-Regions
report and represented the interests of regional councils before
the U. S. Congress and federal agencies.
Later, as Principal
of Regional Excellence Consulting, and continuing in his individual capacity, Dodge helps public, private,
academic, foundation and civic leaders to strengthen their regional
decision-making. He analyzes regional challenges, guides regional
visioning processes, and helps create new regional organizations.
He also makes presentations on the latest tools and techniques for
addressing regional challenges and conducts regional workshops for
community leaders and citizens.
Dodge recently served as the Interim Town Administrator for Silverton , Colorado , guiding the preparation of the annual budget, pursuing key infrastructure and recreation improvements, and helping to recruit a new Town Administrator.
He is active nationally as a Fellow of the National Academy for Public Administration and the Institute for The Regional Community. He serves on the Growing Smart Directorate of the American Planning Association. He is the 2001 recipient of the Don Stone Intergovernmental Cooperation Award of the American Society for Public Administration. Recent projects are listed
below. To obtain PDF files of any, contact Farley Peters, Citistates
business manager, at fpeters@citistates.com.
Regional Governance
-- Dodge prepared a monograph on strengthening regional decision-making,
entitled The Triumph of the Commons. This monograph explores regional
governance challenges and shares recent and potential future actions
to strengthen regional decision-making.
Regional Emergency
Preparedness/Homeland Security -- Dodge prepared a monograph
on regional approaches to emergency preparedness/homeland security,
entitled Regional Emergency Preparedness Compacts: Safeguarding
the Nation's Regions. This monograph explores the need for regional
cooperation to provide effective emergency preparedness and shares
the most promising examples of regional emergency preparedness compacts.
Regional Academic
Center -- Dodge prepared a report for the Hartford Consortium
for Higher Education on launching a college/university center to
assist community leaders and citizens to address regional challenges.
The report shares examples of the most promising regional academic
centers and presents a prospectus for creating a Center for Metropolitan
Hartford.
Foundation Support
for Fostering Regional Cooperation -- Dodge prepared a report
for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation addressing
the questions; what is a successful region, how far have we progressed
towards creating successful regions, and what gaps need to be closed
to create successful regions. Dodge recommends four initiatives
that foundations could support to assist regions to achieve regional
success -- a National Center for Regional Governance Excellence,
a National Regional Stewardship Academy, a National Regional Information
Clearinghouse, and National/Global Committees of the Regions.
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