About Regional and Community Planning
Find tools to assist planners, economic development practitioners and those interested in sustainable development initiatives
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Youth With a Voice: Engaging Young People in Rural and Small Town Community Development
...Introduction In 1970, economist Albert O. Hirschman published Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (http://books NULL.google NULL.com/books?id=vYO6sDvjvcgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=exit+voice+loyalty&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JJwnUeHeJaPx0wHt6YHYCQ&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA). In it, Hirschman outlines what he sees as three options available to individuals ensnared in a negative
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Performance Metrics Matter
Performance Metrics Matter (http://www NULL.knowyourregion NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Performance-Metrics-FINAL NULL.pdf), a publication of the National Association of Development Organizations... prepared by the ViTAL Economy Alliance (http://www NULL.vitaleconomy NULL.com/index NULL.htm), explains how performance metrics can be used to create a more effective CEDS for
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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
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Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design Issues RFP for Rural Communities
The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design... (CIRD), a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (http://www NULL.nea NULL.gov/) and USDA (http://www NULL.usda NULL.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome), has issued a request for proposals to rural communities facing design challenges to host local workshops
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Las Vegas, NM: A Place with a Past (and Future)
... Hollywood Meets Main Street While most Americans may not have heard of the small town of Las Vegas, New Mexico (http://www NULL.lasvegasnm NULL.gov/), many have traveled there –at least in their imaginations – while watching major Hollywood blockbusters such as
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Presentation: Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (http://portal NULL.hud NULL.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_communities) held its 2012 Sustainable Communities Grantee Convening December 3-5 in Washington, DC. The convening brought together all the grantees from the Sustainable Communities...
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Presentation: Randolph County Housing Authority
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (http://portal NULL.hud NULL.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_communities) held its 2012 Sustainable Communities Grantee Convening December 3-5 in Washington, DC. The convening brought together all the grantees from the Sustainable Communities...
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Presentation: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (http://portal NULL.hud NULL.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/sustainable_housing_communities) held its 2012 Sustainable Communities Grantee Convening December 3-5 in Washington, DC. The convening brought together all the grantees from the Sustainable Communities...
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Presentation: Prosperous, Healthy, Vibrant Rural Regions and Communities
In this presentation... at the 2012 National Rural Housing Conference, NADO Associate Director Kathy Nothstine describes trends in rural economic development and highlights case studies of rural regions and small communities that are approaching economic development, land use, and transportation
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Vibrant Rural Communities Case Studies Series
The NADO Research Foundation’s Vibrant Rural Communities... case studies series highlights how rural regions and small towns across the country are growing local and regional economies and creating stronger communities. This series shows how small towns can leverage a wide