Abstract
The Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor is the first federally designated heritage area in the United States, pioneering a new kind of regional entity for retrieving history, revamping local economy, and advancing recreation and nature preservation–in this case in a highly urbanized setting–without federal ownership and executive power. What goals were set for this ambitious “partnership” initiative in voluntaristic regional planning when it was created in 1984, and what have been the tangible results so far? This article offers a broad assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of this newly emerging form of public governance and regional transformation.
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