Concluding Observations

• DOI: 10.1177/027507407400800110
• Published date: 01 January 1974
• Author: David H. Olson
• Date: 01 January 1974
• Subject Matter: Articles

several years, groups looked to Community Action 0. E. 0. Councils or to
sources of funding outside of traditional local government.
Now with new resources available to local government, the citizen
is again looking to City Hall with the hope and belief that some of the
answers will be positive. Certainly requests will exceed the new income,
but once the universally accepted first needs of the communities are met
then will come the real decision-making and priority setting with citizen
participation for the use of these Federal funds. Citizens and groups will
know funds are to be committed and expended. Further they will know
that competition for the funds will be keen and as a result it appears their
proposals should be better thought out and presented with the hope that
the proposal will be funded. To me it appears that along with improved
services and projects, General Revenue Sharing will have an additional
and significant benefit. This benefit will be an improved process by which
interested citizens and groups as well as the general public will again turn
to City Councils for answers to Community problems, and City Councils
will have some funds to commit to effective programs. With these groups
participating in the priority setting, local government will be...