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• Rural Development in a One America Policy

  Posted on: July 1st, 2011 by Matthew Chase

  By Matthew Chase, Executive Director National Association of Development Organizations (Reprinted from AgriPulse blog (http://www NULL.agri-pulse NULL.com/Opinion_Matthew_Chase_06282011 NULL.asp)) What do the White House, Council on Foundations, Farm Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative have in common?  All of these prestigious...

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• Accessing the Regional Innovation Acceleration Network

  Posted on: June 28th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  On June 28, the NADO Research Foundation held the webinar “Accessing the Regional Innovation Acceleration Network” through the Know Your Region program, funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA).  The Regional Innovation Acceleration Network (RIAN) is an EDA-funded project  ...

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• Land-Based Sustainable Development Strategies in Western North Carolina

  Posted on: June 21st, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  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 of the series, “Land-Based Sustainable Development Strategies in Western North Carolina”, was held...

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• Transportation Resources

  Posted on: June 1st, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  RuralTransportation.org (http://ruraltransportation NULL.org/pages/page NULL.asp?page_id=59033) is NADO’s portal for all information related to rural and regional transportation research and planning practice.  To find additional resources within NADO.org related to transportation, start here....

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• New Report on Rural Transportation, Economic Development and Quality of Life

  Posted on: May 24th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) has released a new policy brief, Rethinking Federal Investments in Rural Transportation: Rural Considerations Regarding Reauthorization of the Surface Transportation Act (http://www NULL.rupri NULL.org/Forms/RUPRI_Transportation_April2011 NULL.pdf) (PDF), which shows that America’s rural areas, small towns,...

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• Fed Highway Admin Releases Livability Report

  Posted on: May 24th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released a new report that provides an overview of the current state of the practice relative to the implementation of livability principles within the context of the Federal-aid highway program.  This research paper,  The...

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• Sample Bylaws

  Posted on: May 24th, 2011 by NADO Admin

  Bylaws are a set of rules developed by a local authority to regulate its affairs and formalize the conduct of management over the area it governs.  Below please find sample bylaws from NADO member regions: Ohio Valley Regional Planning Commission...

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• Public Sector Business Loan Funds: Views and Recommendations from Practitioners

  Posted on: May 23rd, 2011 by Laurie Thompson

  ...In an effort to improve the understanding of the public business loan fund industry, the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation and the Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) sponsored a convening of the nation’s leading loan fund

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• Trailblazer Award

  Posted on: May 23rd, 2011 by NADO Admin

  Beginning in 2010, all award-winning projects will be judged by a group of peers during networking receptions that take place each year at the NADO Annual Training Conference... and the National Rural Transportation Peer Learning Conference (http://66 NULL.132 NULL.139 NULL.69/pages/page

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• Congratulations to the 2010 Innovation Award Winners

  Posted on: May 19th, 2011 by NADO Admin

  In 2010, 50 award-winning projects were selected (view the PDF award booklet here...). These projects address issue areas like economic development, human services, technology, aging and more. These organizations will be honored during a special roundtable reception held

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