The history of the Health-Welfare-Recreation Planning Council of the United Communities in Tidewater, Virginia: a case study in voluntary planning

The paper is a study of a voluntary agency engaged in social services planning in Tidewater Virginia for more than thirty years. Taking the historical approach, the study considers the role that private citizens have played in directing the planning activities of the Council of Social Agencies (later the Health-Welfare-Recreation Planning Council) and notes particularly those instances where decisions lying in the public domain have been influenced by actions of the Council and its leadership. The study takes up the question of changing patterns of Board membership and community working methods at different stages in time, observing where possible any factors which appear to have contributed to the success or failure of planning activities undertaken by the agency. Consideration is given to elements which can be expected to influence the future of voluntary planning agencies, and conclusions are drawn as to the factors which might be applicable to other communities. A detailed chronology of major events in the Council history is contained in the Appendix.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Urban Affairs

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Urban Affairs

Department dc:contributor.department

Urban Affairs

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1973

Author dc:creator

• Krome, Margery Loomis

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76376

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/76376