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dc.contributor.authorLamsam, Teresa Trumbly
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, Diane
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-08T17:14:17Z
dc.date.available2013-04-08T17:14:17Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationTeresa Trumbly Lamsam. (2010) A rural community pauses to gauge attitudes on the road to an alternative economic strategy. Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy, 5 (3). http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/ojrrp.v5i3.201
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/10960
dc.descriptionThis is the publisher's official version, also available electronically from: http://dx.doi.org/10.4148/ojrrp.v5i3.201
dc.description.abstractThis community-based research uses Q methodology to examine perceptions of tourism and downtown development in a lower Midwest town that has experienced continual economic downturn and decreasing population. With memories of the thriving ranching and oil heyday, some community members are approaching tourism as the new black gold. At the same time, there is a perception of a fractious community characterized by a heritage of racism, cultural tension, and an aging, burned-out volunteer base. One of the goals of this study was to help community planners make sense out of what they perceived as a jumble of viewpoints. The results of a Q study can help planners determine in a systematic way the significant, persistent attitudes surrounding the issue of tourism development from a broad community perspective. The Chamber of Commerce board members, community leaders, and volunteers used this study as a building block for their strategic plan in tourism.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNew Prairie Press
dc.subjectRural
dc.subjectCommunity development
dc.subjectTourism
dc.subjectAttitudinal research
dc.subjectQ methodology
dc.subjectStrategic planning
dc.subjectParticipatory research
dc.subjectCommunity-based research
dc.subjectRural community tourism
dc.titleA Rural Community Pauses to Gauge Attitudes on the Road to an Alternative Economic Strategy
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorLamsam, Teresa Trumbly
kusw.kudepartmentJournalism
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.4148/ojrrp.v5i3.201
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
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