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  • Workshop Materials: Progress and Challenges in Place-Based Rural Policies

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    These materials are from Chuck Fluharty’s keynote address “Progress and Challenges in Place-Based Rural Policies” given at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26.  Organized by NADO... and Envision Utah (http://www NULL.envisionutah NULL.org/), this workshop brought together

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  • Workshop Materials: Rural Poverty and Equitable Development

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    These materials are from the “Rural Poverty and Equitable Development” session held at the Prosperous Places workshop in Salt Lake City, March 25-26.  Organized by NADO... and Envision Utah (http://www NULL.envisionutah NULL.org/), this workshop brought together around 50 HUD Sustainable

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  • Workshop Materials: Scenarios Planning 101 and Part 2

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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

    Posted on: March 21st, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    ... 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)

    Posted on: March 21st, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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

    Posted on: March 21st, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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)

    Posted on: March 21st, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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)

    Posted on: March 21st, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    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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