About Regional Economic Development
Find resources on economic development planning, engagement, and sample Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) documents.
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Workshop Materials: Scenarios Planning 101 and Part 2
These materials are from the “Scenarios Planning 101” and “Scenarios Planning Part 2” breakout sessions 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
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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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Funding Available to Build Economic Security for Low-Income Families and Individuals: The Assets for Independence Program
The Office of Community Services at the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is now accepting applications for funding for the Assets for Independence (AFI) program (http://www NULL.idaresources NULL.org/page?pageid=a047000000DegF5). The 2013 grant application deadlines are...
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Alabama Statewide Consolidated Economic Development Strategies: Planning for the Future
The NADO Research Foundation’s... report “Alabama Statewide Consolidated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies: Planning for the Future” (http://www NULL.knowyourregion NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/AL-CEDS-Report-FINAL NULL.pdf) addresses the role that Regional Development Organizations (RDOs) – in this case, Regional Councils – played in the Alabama statewide