the model cities program was the great society program that dealt with urban renewal.
the model cities program was the great society program that dealt with urban renewal.
which great society program dealt with urban renewal?
the model cities program
mayor vallee began his political career as an alderman. he used his rich baritone voice as an easy way to make acquaintances and be seen by people. during his administration, manchester was one of 75 cities chosen to be part of the federal model cities program. as part of president johnson's great society program, the goal was to rehabilitate "blighted" city areas. vallee's concern for urban renewal also sparked his involvement in the amoskeag millyard project.









































vallee owned and operated two manchester corporations: val construction company and valco realty.
roland s. vallee
despite his political prowess and previous service as senate majority leader, johnson had largely been sidelined in the kennedy administration. he took office determined to secure the passage of kennedy's unfinished domestic agenda, which, for the most part, had remained bottled-up in various congressional committees. many of the liberal initiatives favored by kennedy and johnson had been blocked for decades by a conservative coalition of republicans and southern democrats; on the night johnson became president, he asked an aide, "do you realize that every issue that is on my desk tonight was on my desk when i came to congress in 1937?" by early 1964, johnson had begun to use the name "great society" to describe his domestic program; the term was coined by richard goodwin, and drawn from eric goldman's observation that the title of walter lippman's book "the good society" best captured the totality of president's agenda. johnson's great society program encompassed movements of urban renewal, modern transportation, clean environment, anti-poverty, healthcare reform, crime control, and educational reform. to ensure the passage of his programs, johnson placed an unprecedented emphasis on relations with congress.
presidency of lyndon b. johnson