This book guides the reader through the steps of securing the funds necessary to
meet community needs for cost effective services and facilities. It examines the
fundamentals of financing local economic development from the perspectives of
both the private and public sector. It shows how to link public community
funding and private marketplace funding and describes how private development
can incorporate community programs as an asset to a development project or
programs. The book includes numerous examples, eight real-world cases, a
glossary of terms, and a model local economical development business plan.