Hey ya'll!
Sorry this is so late getting out, I didn't know exactly what to do for a while but I figured it out!
This chapter is dense with explainations of different organizations and efforts to develop the Appalachian region in the 60's. We will go over them in depth tomorrow, for now I have a couple of questions:
When the efforts for development in Appalachia started, what kind of development where they exactly aiming for? Was it necessarily the kind of development that needed to happen (i.e. temporary factory jobs, tourism, and new roadways)? If not, what else could have been done instead?
Where was the money going that the various organizations provided for Appalachia? Was it going to the severely underdeveloped areas or to the already developed areas where they saw more potential?
Thanks,
Dava
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Rachel's post!
ReplyDelete1. Somewhere in the chapter when he is talking about development, he says, yes that people need jobs and need to make a living, but most of all he says that people in Appalachia just needed basic necessities. I think of this as food, shelter, adequate health care, etc. However, Appalachian governors were focused a lot on bringing jobs to the area through building highways, etc. They were not focused on the immediate needs of Appalachians.
2.The money part of it all simply just outraged me. He talks about the forming of the Area Redevelopment Administration (ARA) that was set up after Kennedy got in office. The ARA was set up to give government money to small, local businesses in rural Appalachia in order to give them revenue to get back on their feet. This did not happen though. Eller says "Seventy-six percent of Appalachia counties qualified for the program, but the bulk of ARA resources flowed to private businesses located primarily in urban centers outside the region." This administration and promise created by the Kennedy administration didn't do really much of anything to help Appalachia at all.
Annalisa comments
ReplyDeleteLike Rachel, I had not realized how skewed the distribution of ARA funds had been!
One thing I'd like to add to Dava's questions is to ask that you come ready to map out a timeline again like we did last week.
Annalisa again--
ReplyDeleteTHank you Aaron and Zach for this blog--this is so muc better than Angel!
Mr. Reedy
ReplyDeleteHaha, your right it is so much better. I'm glad because blogger will help us see the fruition of our efforts now and especially at the end of the semester better than Angel could ever do.
On that note, it is disheartening to see how politics as usual seemingly got in the way of these people getting the help they needed. Not say that I was surprised to see this though.
1) The majority of the money was set aside for temproary public assistance and job training programs which would create a special appalachian development programs.
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