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Della Rucker

Della G. Rucker, CEcD AICP has helped citizens, businesses, governments and nonprofits improve their communities' futures for about 20 years. Della has consulted, written and trained people to create strategy for economic revitalization, and to enable meaningful public participation. Della is one of about 10 private sector persons in the United States to hold the industry-standard professional certifications in both planning (AICP) and economic development (CEcD). Della is the author of The Local Economy Revolution: What’s Changed and How You Can Help and editor of Why this Work Matters, both from Wise Fool Press, and the author of the upcoming books Online Public Engagement, from Routledge Press, and New Learning from Las Vegas, from Wise Fool Press . Della also serves as the Managing Editor of EngagingCities, an online magazine that focuses on the intersection between internet technologies and community engagement.