New Local Leaders Handbook (eBook)

Cristian Figueredo, Dr. Joey Minear (Autoren)

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2025 | 1. Auflage
84 Seiten
Bookbaby (Verlag)
979-8-3178-1212-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The New Local Leaders Handbook is a practical, boots-on-the-ground guide for small-town mayors, city councilors, and community changemakers ready to take charge of their town's future. Drawing from real-world experience, Dr. Joey Minear and Cristian Figueredo provide clear strategies for governing with purpose, revitalizing declining communities, building local economies, and inspiring civic engagement. From the shift of the campaign trail to council chambers, this handbook equips new leaders with the tools, mindset, and resilience needed to lead with impact, without waiting for outside help.

Cristian Figueredo is a first-generation Colombian American and an experienced congressional staffer. Originally, Cristian hails from the vibrant city of Bogotá, Colombia, and later moved to the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated in 2018 from George Mason University with a Bachelor degree in Government and International Politics. Cristian began his Hill career as an intern on the House Judiciary Committee in the fall of 2017. He went on to serve in a congressional office in Southern California from January 2018 to January 2021, before joining a Eastern Oregon congressional office, where he now serves as Legislative Director. Over the years, he's had a front-row seat to more than a few historic events. He is experience coordinating between committees, leadership, personal offices, and administration while managing complex legislative priorities. Beyond Capitol Hill, Cristian have built strong working relationships with advocacy organizations, industry coalitions, and constituent groups throughout the Western region-relationships that have been instrumental in advancing comprehensive legislative priorities and ensuring effective stakeholder communication and support. Cristian lives in Fall Church, where he spends time hiking, photography, and-most importantly-catching up on sleep.

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The New Local Leaders Handbook is more than a how-to manual; it's a rallying cry for a new generation of small-town leaders ready to stop waiting for help and start building the future they want to see. Written by Dr. Joey Minear and Cristian Figueredo, this guide equips mayors, city councilors, and engaged citizens with the insight, strategy, and encouragement needed to lead with courage, purpose, and vision. In small towns across the country, economic shifts, population loss, and the collapse of single-industry dependence have left communities feeling forgotten and powerless. But the message of this book is clear: the "e;parents"e; aren't coming back, and that's not the end of the story. It's the beginning of a new one, led by locals who are willing to step up, organize, and reclaim their community's future. Whether you're fresh off a successful campaign or stepping into public service for the first time, this handbook helps you move from passion to policy, from ideas to implementation. Combining real-world examples, case studies, templates, and step-by-step strategies, Minear and Figueredo cover essential topics like good governance, recognizing community decline, creating public value, embracing change, and making the case for outside funding. With chapters devoted to collaboration, transparency, and infrastructure planning, from Main Street to wastewater treatment, readers will learn how to foster long-term resilience while avoiding common leadership pitfalls. Rooted in hope, realism, and relentless follow-through, The New Local Leaders Handbook empowers you to stop waiting for permission and start building progress that lasts. It's the definitive guide for anyone ready to lead their town with grit, humility, and a plan.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.8.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3178-1212-6 / 9798317812126