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===Shreveport===
===Shreveport===
Shreveport, Louisiana, weathered the [[Great Depression]] better than most towns. The city's civic improvement projects, begun in the 1920s and completed by 1930, helped to sustain the optimistic view that prosperous times awaited. Transportation and educational improvements, supported by federal dollars, continued even in hard times. The Chamber of Commerce waged a publicity campaign to boost retail sales and project optimism. The Chamber also established a farmer's market and lobbied for state road funds. Construction at Barksdale Field, at the time the largest airfield in the world, began in 1931. Barksdale provided jobs and injected cash into the local economy.<ref> Tom R. Thomas, "A Look at Shreveport's Reaction to the Great Depression, 1929-1935," ''North Louisiana History'' 1995 26(4): 125-145.</ref>
Shreveport, Louisiana, weathered the [[Great Depression]] better than most towns. The city's civic improvement projects, begun in the 1920s and completed by 1930, helped to sustain the optimistic view that prosperous times awaited. Transportation and educational improvements, supported by federal dollars, continued even in hard times. The Chamber of Commerce waged a publicity campaign to boost retail sales and project optimism. The Chamber also established a farmer's market and lobbied for state road funds. Construction at Barksdale Field, at the time the largest airfield in the world, began in 1931. Barksdale provided jobs and injected cash into the local economy.<ref> Tom R. Thomas, "A Look at Shreveport's Reaction to the Great Depression, 1929-1935," ''North Louisiana History'' 1995 26(4): 125-145.</ref>
===Tucson===
Tucson, Arizona, became an nationally famous winter tourist site during the 1920s. Troubled by economic stagnation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Tucson Sunshine-Climate Club, and the Arizona Polo Association did market surveys and inaugurated magnet events, like La Fiesta de los Vaqueros; they even built tourist facilities, like El Conquistador Hotel. The efforts were successful and tourism became a mainstay of the economy by 1930, and remains so into the 21st century.<ref>Alex Jay Kimmelman, "Luring the Tourist to Tucson: Civic Promotion During the 1920s," ''Journal of Arizona History'' 1987 28(2): 135-154</ref>
==Jaycees==
==Jaycees==
The Junior Chamber of Commerce, is known as the Jaycees, is for young business people.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce, is known as the Jaycees, is for young business people.