{"id":31,"date":"2014-09-13T17:15:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T21:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/?p=31"},"modified":"2018-01-09T11:53:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:53:30","slug":"the-model-cities-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/2014\/09\/13\/the-model-cities-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Model Cities Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1960s, the times, they were a-changin\u2019. Amidst the cultural upheavals and social movements lay two very real problems that President Lyndon B. Johnson sought to address with his Great Society Programs. Johnson\u2019s ultimate goal was to eliminate racial injustices and poverty. Because the two often went hand-in-hand, 1966 legislation led to the creation of the Model Cities Programs, a federal urban aid program that sought to generate funds and create jobs while also fostering a new generation of black, urban leaders.<\/p>\r\n<p>Model Cities was to be a five-year program that not only coordinated with previous-standing Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs such as urban renewal, but also worked to rehabilitate cities, not just rebuild them, through citizen participation and social service delivery. Several cities across the country were part of the program, such as Detroit, Houston, Santa Fe, and Little Rock. Many revenue-generating structures and buildings were established under Model Cities Program, such as county courthouses, city halls, hospitals, and highway extensions.<\/p>\r\n<p>The program officially ended in 1974 under President Richard Nixon. Many went on to say that Model Cities was a failure of Johnson\u2019s Great Society Programs, but many effects of the program\u2019s innovative rehabilitation approach have lasted through to today, such as community involvement and a refocusing of decision-making at the municipal level.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/findingaids.library.unt.edu\/index.php?p=collections\/findingaid&amp;id=231#.VA4iLfmwLYg\">The Model Cities Program Records in UNT\u2019s Special Collections Department<\/a> includes hundreds of primary documents from when the program was active. It includes not only federal documents concerning the implementation of the program, but also specific plans for each city\/many cities that was\/were targeted. Come check out the collection that sought to change \u2013 and in many ways, did change \u2013 urban areas across the country.<\/p>\r\n<p>(written by Chelsea Stallings)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-61 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/04\/UNTA_HM8-007-001_0.jpg\" alt=\"UNTA_HM8-007-001_0\" width=\"800\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/04\/UNTA_HM8-007-001_0.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/04\/UNTA_HM8-007-001_0-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the 1960s, the times, they were a-changin\u2019. Amidst the cultural upheavals and social movements lay two very real problems that President Lyndon B. Johnson sought to address with his Great Society Programs. Johnson\u2019s ultimate goal was to eliminate racial injustices and poverty. Because the two often went hand-in-hand, 1966 legislation led to the creation&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/2014\/09\/13\/the-model-cities-program\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read The Model Cities Program\">Read more &raquo;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p60UnY-v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/southwest-metroplex\/2014\/05\/29\/documenting-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":0},"title":"Documenting Growth","author":"Morgan","date":"May 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The history of the Southwest Metroplex has been defined by the explosive growth experienced within the DFW region in the past 60 years. 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