Quinn, John

Timmons, Jack

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Research Papers in Economics

WORKSHOP  ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT
John Quinn, Associate Professor of Community Planning,
University of Illinois
and
Jack Timmons, SEA-Extension, U.S.D.A.
These  sessions  were  intended  to  report  on  the  progress  of  the
ECOP  Task  Force  on  local  government  activities.  This  report  is  a
follow-up  to the brief report made  at the Burr Oak, Ohio 1978 Con-
ference.
The  Task  Force  has  completed  a  preliminary  draft  of  its  final
report  which  is  now  being  released  to  a variety  of individuals  and
organizations  for their information,  review,  and comment. The Task
Force  was  organized  "to  explore  the ramifications  of Co-operative
Extension's  involvement  in  local  government  educational  program-
ming."
The  report  contains  six  major  elements:  an  introductory  state-
ment-titled  "A New  Challenge  for Extension";  a statement defining
local  government  and  its  participants;  a  statement  considering  the
needs  (information  and  educational)  of  local  government  and  its
participants;  a review  of  current  educational  programming  (Exten-
sion  and  others); a suggested  set of strategies for Extension; and fin-
ally, a set of recommendations.
Of  special  concern  to  the  conferees  was  the set of recommenda-
tions.  While  the  number  of  specific  recommendations  may  vary  as
the final report is  completed,  in  essence  they  urge  extension  aggres-
sively  to  pursue  educational  programming  in  this  topical  area.  It
should  be  noted that a number  of Washington-based  public  interest
groups have  been  generally  supportive  of the Task Force's work and
favor some form of cooperative  effort in the field.
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WORKSHOP ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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