This online bookoffers a blueprint for regeneratinglow-income urban neighborhoods in the absence of large new infusions offederal money or private reindustrialization. It identifies resourceswithin the community that can be tapped for internal development. Chiefamong these "building blocks" are residents, schools, associations,public institutions and services, welfare payments, and information.

To help elicit information on the skills and abilities of residentsthat can be utilized in community building, this policy guide featuresa 13-page questionnaire, a "Capacity Inventory." It also contains an"Associational Map" that lists typical community organizations -- fromservice clubs to gardening groups -- around which these new activitiescan develop.