Articles by: Brett Schwartz
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Workshop Materials: Finding and Leveraging Competitive Advantage
These materials are from the breakout session “Finding and Leveraging Competitive Advantage,” held at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26, 2013. Organized by NADO... and Envision Utah (http://www NULL.envisionutah NULL.org/), this workshop brought together around 50
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Workshop Materials: Regional Visioning Based on Shared Values
These materials are from Robert Grow’s (Envision Utah) opening plenary address “Regional Visioning Based on Shared Values,” given at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26, 2013. Organized by NADO... and Envision Utah (http://www NULL.envisionutah NULL.org/), this
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Youth with a Voice: Brownsville, PA
... Brownsville (http://maps NULL.google NULL.com/maps?q=brownsville,+pa&hnear=Brownsville,+Fayette,+Pennsylvania&gl=us&t=m&z=14) is located in southwestern Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Monongahela River. An hour’s drive away from Pittsburgh, Brownsville made its mark as an economic center in the region during the eighteenth century and early nineteenth
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Students in Action Project (Brownsville, PA)
Two years ago, Brownsville Area High School chemistry teacher Kelli Dellarose organized a group of students involved with the student council to form a “Students in Action” (https://sites NULL.google NULL.com/site/ofrstudentsinaction/) club for their school. Students in Action (SIA) (http://www NULL.studentsinaction...
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Best Practices and Lessons Learned: Brownsville, PA
Engaging students in community development work is (much like teaching) more of an art form than a science. Teens’ schedules, needs, interests, and motivations for participating in the public process are often different than adults. Coordinators therefore should be flexible...
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Student Voices: Franchesca Legros (Brownsville, PA)
This interview is part of NADO’s “Youth with a Voice”... case studies series, which highlights small towns and rural communities that are effectively engaging young people in planning and community development projects. Franchesca Legros is a senior at Brownsville Area
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Student Voices: Chelsea Gump (Brownsville, PA)
This interview is part of NADO’s “Youth with a Voice”... case studies series, which highlights small towns and rural communities that are effectively engaging young people in planning and community development projects. Chelsea Gump is a senior at Brownsville Area
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Youth With a Voice: Engaging Young People in Rural and Small Town Community Development
...Introduction In 1970, economist Albert O. Hirschman published Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (http://books NULL.google NULL.com/books?id=vYO6sDvjvcgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=exit+voice+loyalty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JJwnUeHeJaPx0wHt6YHYCQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA). In it, Hirschman outlines what he sees as three options available to individuals ensnared in a negative
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Performance Metrics Matter
Performance Metrics Matter (http://www NULL.knowyourregion NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Performance-Metrics-FINAL NULL.pdf), a publication of the National Association of Development Organizations... prepared by the ViTAL Economy Alliance (http://www NULL.vitaleconomy NULL.com/index NULL.htm), explains how performance metrics can be used to create a more effective CEDS for
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Connect SI: Regional Prosperity through Collaborations in Southern Illinois
This report (http://www NULL.knowyourregion NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Connect-SI-Final NULL.pdf) from the NADO Research Foundation (http://nado NULL.org), written with the support of the Delta Regional (http://www NULL.dra NULL.gov/)Authority (DRA) (http://www NULL.dra NULL.gov/), explores how the 23 southernmost counties in Illinois collaborated to increase broadband...