Conference on the Small City History Volume Theme Year 1 Population Movement to Non-Metropolitan Areas 1978 2 The Federal Government & the Small City 1979 3 Non-Metropolitan Areas in Change 1980 4 The Impacts of Growth: Social, Political, Economic 1981 5 Small City Energy Futures 1982 6 Technology and the Small City 1984 7 Economic Development 1986 8 Governance and the Political Process 1988 9 Cultural Diversity in the Small City 1990 10 Public Policy in the 1990s 1992 11 Social Science and the Community 1994 12 Communities and their Physical Environments 1996 13 Work, Welfare, and Poverty 1998 14 Smart Growth 2000 15 Managing Local Government in Times of Unrelenting Pressures 2004 History The Center for the Small City, a division in the College of Letters and Science of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, was established in 1979. The Center sponsors the biennial National Conference that brings academics, business leaders, small city elected officials and staff together to discuss the development, needs, and problems affecting small cities. From these national conferences, the Center publishes Proceedings: Small City and Regional Community, now available in 15 Volumes (full listing shown on right). The Conference is held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point every fourth year. In other years, the Conference meets at difference locations. In recent years besides UWSP, the Conference has been held at the University of Louisville, Western Michigan University, and Illinois State. In October of 2006, the conference will be held in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania— marking the first time the conference will be held on the east coast. The conference will kick off on October 15th, and feature a “Downtown Development” theme. For more information on how to order previous conference proceedings, please contact the Center for the Small City at: Center for the Small City Collins Classroom Center University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481-3897