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At NADO, we promote regional strategies, partnerships and solutions to strengthen the economic competitiveness and quality of life across America’s local communities
At NADO, we promote regional strategies, partnerships and solutions to strengthen the economic competitiveness and quality of life across America’s local communities
NADO’s federal advocacy agenda is developed by the active involvement of the association’s policy board and executive directors of the nation’s regional development organizations
NADO’s federal advocacy agenda is developed by the active involvement of the association’s policy board and executive directors of the nation’s regional development organizations
Register today for the 2016 Washington Policy Conference: April 4 – 6!
Register today for the 2016 Washington Policy Conference: April 4 – 6!
Latest News
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FY2017 EDA Funding Support Letters Circulating in House and Senate
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NADO 2016 Congressional Partnership Award Recipients Announced
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NADO Research Foundation to Host Upcoming Webinar on Economic Diversification in Coal-Reliant Regions
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Bipartisan Manufacturing Legislation Introduced in Congress Endorsed by NADO
Featured Publications
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Planning for a More Resilient Future: A Guide to Regional Approaches
This report covers the rapidly-growing body of research on resilience, describing the main ideas that are driving policy and practice across the country and examining current thinking on regional and economic resilience.
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Online Resource: Planning for Prosperity in Small Towns and Rural Regions
This website is home to capacity building materials developed by the NADO Research Foundation and its partners. It contains links to publications, webinars, workshop materials, and other information on community and economic development in small towns and rural regions.
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Issue Brief: Creating Opportunity and Prosperity Through Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections
Metropolitan and rural America are highly connected and interdependent. To succeed, metropolitan America needs a healthy and sustainable rural economy and culture, and in turn rural America needs vibrant, well-functioning cities and suburbs to thrive and flourish.
