College and Community in Partnership: The Furniture College at Letterfrack

Stuart A. Rosenfeld

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 2001, vol. 16, issue 2

Abstract: Ten years ago, a community-owned development center in Ireland partnered with a technical college to create a local institution that could revitalize both a community and a lagging furniture industry cluster. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and Connemara West, a community-owned economic development organization in western County Galway, joined forces to build a new college to introduce craft and design principles, entrepreneurship, and new production technologies in an effort to breathe new life into the industry.

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Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289491

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