About Regional Economic Development

• Know Your Region Webinar: Creating Asset-Based Strategies and Partnerships (5/3/2012)

  Posted on: May 4th, 2012 by Matt Black

  Public-private partnerships can form dynamic foundations that support the development of  regional strategies built upon the strengths and assets of each community. As America looks to restore its manufacturing base and promote American exports, and as more states turn to...

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• Know Your Region Webinar: Utilizing EDA Data Tools in your CEDS (3/14/2012)

  Posted on: March 22nd, 2012 by Matt Black

  On March 14, 2012, the NADO Research Foundation, in collaboration with EDA, hosted a webinar that explored how EDA sponsored data tools can assist regional development organizations in understanding their regional assets and creating economic development strategies that increase regional...

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• NADO’s Executive Director Presents at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum 2012

  Posted on: February 24th, 2012 by Jennifer Walsh

  NADO’s Executive Director, Matthew Chase, served on a panel, Regional Approaches to Rural Economic Development, at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum 2012 on February 24.  The panel discussed emerging trends and noteworthy practices in regional economic development. For more information on...

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• Regional Food Systems Infrastructure

  Posted on: October 5th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  Many regional development organizations (RDOs) and councils of governments are exploring how they can support regional food systems infrastructure. In recent years, an emphasis on eating locally grown food has flourished as many Americans have sought to direct more of...

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• Regional Approaches to Sustainable Development

  Posted on: September 29th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  This report highlights the opportunities available to RDOs to undertake sustainable development initiatives using a systems-based approach and features case studies from California, Michigan, North Carolina, and Utah.

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• Growing Rural Innovation-Based Economies: Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network

  Posted on: September 26th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  This report is presented in two parts, a case study overview and a detailed description of steps performed & visualizations created to better understand regional economic development.

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• Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development

  Posted on: September 20th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  ...The NADO Research Foundation has released a new report, Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development.  Led by the state’s Economic Development Districts, Mobilize Maine is a proactive approach to revitalizing the economy by drawing on regional assets.  This report highlights

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• NADO Webinar: Land-Based Sustainable Development Strategies in Western North Carolina

  Posted on: August 1st, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  June 21, 2011; 2:00 – 3:00 pm (EDT) The NADO Research Foundation is sponsoring a two-part webinar series exploring how regional development organizations are incorporating sustainability principles into their regional planning processes. The first webinar, “Land-Based Sustainable Development Strategies in...

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• Rural Cluster Development in Kansas

  Posted on: July 28th, 2011 by Matthew Chase

  NADO staff joined leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) in a peer exchange with Kansas State Universities’ Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) (http://www NULL.amisuccess NULL.com/) and the Kansas Association of Regional Development Organizations...

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• 2011 NADO Regional Sustainable Forum

  Posted on: July 22nd, 2011 by Matthew Chase

  On July 25, 2011, the NADO Research Foundation is sponsoring a peer exchange, 2011 Regional Sustainable Development Forum: Building Resilient Regions, at the office of the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) in Kansas City, Missouri. Combined file of all forum presentations ...

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