Product Description: Drawing from his experience as mayor, Bill Hudnut describes the plight of first-tier suburbs and reveals how they have been left behind as the spotlight has focused on downtown revitalization and growth in outlying areas. Learn how these areas are turning around and becoming vibrant attractive areas in which to live, work, and play...read more

Product Description: Author Bill Hudnut draws on his past experience as mayor of Indianapolis to describe his vision for dealing with diversity, encouraging sustainable development, finding alternatives to sprawl, managing technological change, regional collaboration, improving government efficiency, and more...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Bill Hudnut improved the quality of life for all Indianapolis citizens, leaving an indelible impression on one of America’s great cities." —Senator Richard G. Lugar"This book is the story of a great American turnaround: the rebirth of our 12th largest city...read more

The author, a Presbyterian minister, describes his experiences during three terms as mayor of Indianapolis and discusses the problems and issues that face American cities today