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Ron Kitchens, author of
Community Capitalism: Lessons from Kalamazoo and Beyond, is the CEO
of Southwest Michigan First. With more than 25 years of experience in
economic development, he has been a businessman, city administrator, elected
offical and staff member to United States Senator John Danforth. He
brings a wealth of knowledge to this book that explores the forces of
globalization that impacts a local community.
The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo, by Michelle Miller-Adams, is a very readable, scholarly look at the social experiment that is the Kalamazoo Promise. Now, in the first comprehensive account of the Kalamazoo Promise, Michelle Miller-Adams charts its initial impact as well as its potential to bring about fundamental economic and social change in a community hurt by job loss, depopulation, and racial segregation. |
