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  • Student Voices: Victoria Eon (Biddeford, ME)

    Posted on: April 29th, 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. Victoria Eon is a freshman at McGill University,

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  • Webinar Materials: Addressing Equity and Rural Poverty

    Posted on: April 17th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    On April 16, NADO... and PolicyLink (http://www NULL.policylink NULL.org) co-hosted the webinar “Addressing Equity and Rural Poverty:  The View from the Ground.” (https://vimeo NULL.com/64185036) The presentation highlighted the opportunities and challenges small towns and rural communities face in combating poverty

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  • Workshop Materials: Prosperous Places (Salt Lake City, UT)

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    The Prosperous Places workshop, held March 25-26, 2013 in Salt Lake City, Utah, brought together around 50 HUD Sustainable Communities grantees, experts, and capacity-builders to focus on place-based economic development strategies and scenarios planning.  This event was co-sponsored by NADO ...

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  • Workshop Materials: Best Practices in Creating Strong Regional Economic Development Strategies

    Posted on: April 3rd, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    These materials are from the “Best Practices in Creating Strong Regional Economic Development Strategies” 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

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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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  • Las Vegas, NM: A Place with a Past (and Future)

    Posted on: January 9th, 2013 by Brett Schwartz

    ... 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: Randolph County Housing Authority

    Posted on: December 11th, 2012 by Brett Schwartz

    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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