Community Godfather: How Sam Volpentest Shaped the History of Hanford and the Tri-Cities

C. Mark Smith

ISBN 10: 1936824345 / ISBN 13: 9781936824342

Verlag: Etcetera Pr Llc, 2013

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For almost fifty years, from 1957 to 2005, one pint-sized giant of a man with boundless energy and determination and powerful political friends almost single-handedly prevented Hanford and the Tri-Cities from sliding into economic depression. Sam Volpentest was known as the Godfather of the Tri-Cities, and not without reason. While it didn't quite happen the way he envisioned, he sought to wean his adopted community away from the federal government, to diversify its economy, and build its community infrastructure. Thoroughly researched and based on 70 interviews, Community Godfather tells the stories that were never printed in the newspapers.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: C. Mark Smith is the award-winning author of Raising Cain: The Life and Politics of Senator Harry P. Cain. He spent 40 years managing economic development organizations at the local, state, and federal level, but his greatest interests have always been found at the nexus of history, politics, and community service. Smith first met Sam Volpentest in 1970 and worked closely with him after he became the City of Richland s economic development manager in 2000. He presented Volpentest with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Economic Development Council on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2004.

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Titel: Community Godfather: How Sam Volpentest ...
Verlag: Etcetera Pr Llc
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
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