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Gillespie, Tim – American Education, 1978
That preservation and recycling of unused school buildings to other community uses is both economically and socially sound is illustrated by several examples. Information on federal grants for conversion of unused school buildings to community education and activities centers is included. (MF)
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Centers
Designing a Health Clinic for Prairie City, Oregon: Revitalizing Main Street in Small, Remote Towns.
Young, Jenny E. – Small Town, 1995
A small town designed a health clinic to entice a health care practitioner to locate in the town, increase the town's economic feasibility, generate local jobs, and stimulate business in the downtown. The design is important to achieving these goals by continuing and enhancing the town's character. (TD)
Descriptors: Architectural Programming, Architecture, Building Conversion, Clinics
Preston, James C.; Halton, Katherine B. – 1980
In an effort to understand the successful components of small community development projects in selected New York communities of less than 10,000 population, an analysis was made of the Sinclairville Project in Chautauqua County which rehabilitated an unused school building to function as a housing unit for senior citizens. Originally a group of…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Community Action, Community Development, Community Involvement
