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Published ten times each year by the NADO Research Foundation with support from the Economic Development Administration, US Forest Service, and Ford Foundation. The newsletter is read by over 9,000 federal, state, regional and local officials as well as economic development practitioners, community developers and academics.
Past Issues

September 2000

  • Older American: Strength in Numbers
  • State Associations of Regional Organizations: Collaborations for Success
  • Regional Organizations Help the Elderly Remain Independent
  • Jim Fowler Brings Wildlife to Coastal Georgia
  • Real Rural Solutions: Nature Tourism and Economic Development
  • Tax Increment Financing Boosts Local Tax Bases

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July/August 2000

  • Innovations 2000
  • Business Finance & Development
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Recruitment
  • Environment
  • Health & Human Services
  • Local Government Assistance
  • Technology
  • Public Information and Outreach
  • Tourism
  • Transportation
  • Workforce Development

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June 2000

  • Investing in Rural Infrastructure
  • The Metropolitanization of Rural America
  • Economic Development in Alaska: Challenges and
    Opportunities Abound
  • Trash to Treasures
  • Life After Timber in the Pacific Northwest
  • Fund for Folk Culture Awards Grants
  • Growing Nebraska's Arts and Crafts Sector

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May 2000 -- Special Focus: Emergency Management

  • The State of Emergencies
  • FEMA Director James Lee Witt Promotes
    a Disaster Resistant America
  • North Carolina Working to Ease Repetitive Loss
  • Partnerships in Grand Forks, North Dakota and
    East Grand Forks, Minnesota
  • The State of Disasters
  • EDA's Approaches to Emergency Management
  • Economic Development and Emergency Management Collaborate
  • Preparing for Disaster
  • The Need for Map Modernization
  • Emergency Management Resources
  • Development Finance Page
  • Facts About Disasters

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April 2000

  • No Place Like Home
  • Building Homes Also Builds Jobs and Income
  • Rural Housing Resources
  • Preserving History in Missouri
  • Distress and Outmigration
  • Economic Development Districts Partner with University Center
  • EDA Assists Communities in Brownfields Redevelopment
  • Development Finance Page:
    Financing the American Dream in Rural America

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March 2000 -- Special Focus: Small Business Development Finance
  • Revolving Loan Fund Build Communities
  • Targeted Marketing for Rural Revolving Loan Funds
  • Business Development Resources
  • RLF Loan Securitization Gains Momentum
  • The Real Need for Venture Capital in Rural America
  • Fighting Poverty by Building Personal Assets
  • Incubator Without Walls Project Assists
    Maine Microenterprises

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February 2000 -- Special Focus: Contaminated, Idle and Underused Properties
  • Cleaning Up Rural America
  • EPA Administrator Browner Speaks on Redevelopment
  • Brownfields in Small Metropolitan and Rural Areas
  • Creating Opportunities in Shenandoah
  • Superfund Redevelopment
  • Combatting Sprawl and Brownfields Redevelopment
  • EPA Regional Brownfields Program Serves Communities
  • Federal Facility Reuse in Maine
  • Is Liability Still an Issue in Brownfields Redevelopment
  • Brownfields: A Global Issue
  • Brownfields, Superfund, and Federal Facilities
    Reuse Resources
  • Development Finance Page:
    EPA Brownfields Cleanup RLF Program

December/January 2000
  • Workforce Works
  • Y2K Issues Forecast
  • Profile in Regional Development: New Mexico
  • Technology Needs of Native Communities
  • Radar Screen
  • Development Finance Page:
    Defense Adjustment Infrastructure Bonds

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