UMass Amherst Center Economic Development2024-04-262024-04-261995https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/4736<p>The Center for Economic Development at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, is part of the Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Department, and is funded by the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the University of Massachusetts.</p>On June 17, 1995 the town of Franklin, Massachusetts commissioned a community forum to articulate a vision for the future of their town. During a four hour period the forum elicited input from more than fifty concerned citizens, business leaders and town officials. The Center for Economic Development (CED) acted as the facilitators. The report produced created a Vision Statement and illustrated the results of the Visual Preference exercise and survey held during the forum.DemographicVision PollOpen SpaceSlide PollEconomicsGrowth and DevelopmentPublic EconomicsUrban, Community and Regional PlanningUrban StudiesUrban Studies and Planningarticle