TOWN OF LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA: FINDING IT’S AUTHENTIC SELF AFTER DECADES OF SEARCHING CITY OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS: A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AMID TRANSITION HARRISBURG, NORTH CAROLINA: TARGETED INDUSTRIES AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO PLAN GROWTH DAYTON, NEVADA: NEGLECTED HISTORIC CENTERPIECE OF A REGION THAT SHAPED THE WORLD HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA: KEEPING BUSINESSES OPEN WHEN MAIN STREET CLOSED WEBSTER CITY, IOWA: LOSING AN INDUSTRY TRIGGERED A WHOLE NEW APPROACH BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA: REVIVING A DEVASTATED COMMUNITY ALEDO, ILLINOIS: A STRATEGY BUILT FOR ACTION ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO PULL A RURAL COMMUNITY TOGETHER AKRON, IOWA: CREATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ONE STEP AT A TIME MACKAY, IDAHO: GENERATING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUICKLY WHEN THE MINING COMPANY PULLED OUT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: A GHOST TOWN WHERE RESIDENTS STILL LIVE HISTORIC HAVANA ILLINOIS: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY