News & Announcements
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Funding Opportunities from HUD for Businesses Located in an Empowerment Zone (EZ) or Renewal Community (RC)
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (http://www NULL.hud NULL.gov) encourages businesses located in the 30 Empowerment Zones (EZs) and 40 Renewal Communities (RCs) across the nation to take advantage of unused tax credits called the EZ Employment Credit...
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Asset-Based Economic Development and Building Sustainable Rural Communities
The International City/County Management Association (http://icma NULL.org/en/icma/home) (ICMA) has released a three-part series of briefing papers focused on asset-based economic development and building sustainable rural communities. The three new briefing papers showcase how a number of small communities are tackling...
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NADO Partners with NACo to Host White House Forum on Economic Development
On September 19, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) hosted a White House forum, “Building Blocks for Economic Development and Job Growth.” Representatives from NADO and NACo traveled to Washington, D.C. from...
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Vibrant Rural Communities: Rome, Georgia
This case study was researched and written by Parrish Bergquist, NADO Research Foundation Graduate Fellow. In 1975, the first shopping mall in Rome (http://www NULL.romefloyd NULL.com/), Georgia, opened. Residents flocked to the new development, beginning a story of demise common...