Making a Mark

Like a great municipal development project Making a Mark is a book that delivers on multiple fronts-part memoir full of interesting stories and people part field guide to public-oriented community development and all compelling read. <br /><br />Author Mark Tigan writes about his life growing up with dyslexia and a propensity for risky adventures and greaser activities in the rural Midwest to his college days surfing hitchhiking and planning 'call to action' activist demonstrations such as a car burial to his renowned career in public development and city planning which includes no shortage of Robin Hooding and projects noted by the media such as the Winooski (Vermont) Dome proposal. Across it all Mark was left with lessons to impart and he shares those now with readers.<br /><br />Whether you're looking to be entertained to deepen your knowledge of community development or to learn about a path on which you can help society Making a Mark has a story to offer.