Proposal for A Demonstration Model of Rural Development (DMORD) in the Upper Explorer Land Area of Iowa submitted by National Center for Human Development, August 31, 1972

(1972) Proposal for A Demonstration Model of Rural Development (DMORD) in the Upper Explorer Land Area of Iowa submitted by National Center for Human Development, August 31, 1972. Iowa State University

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Abstract

A national policy of population dispersion is mandated by the overcrowded urban areas with their inter-city ghettos and vast pockets of resulting social ills. To achieve the required balanced growth policy, a planning capability in rural areas must be established on a multi-county basis in order to have the population and economic base required for self-sustaining growth. At present such capability does not exist in rural America. The residents of Upper Explorerland - a four county area of Northeast Iowa in cooperation with the National Center for Human Development present a proposal for a Demonstration Model of Rural Development(DMORD). The purpose of the proposal is: (1) To study and design the type of mechanism which can allow a multi-county area to achieve the capability of continuous and comprehensive area-wide planning and programming; (2) To develop methods through which the decision making can be decentralized sufficiently to allow and encourage maximum participation of local residents--both the local power structure and the residents on whom the. planning and programming will have an effect; and (3) To demonstrate how a modified and flexible model cities program can be effective in a rural area.