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Superfund Site Redevelopments
Now available on CD ROM is the Environmental Protection Agency’s Reusing Superfund Sites. The CD profiles pilots that have received EPA funding for redevelopment of de-listed sites. Also, included are highlights on how the EPA brownfields program and underground storage tank removal programs can be used in conjunction with the superfund redevelopment initiative. A portfolio of pilot photos compliments the site profiles.

Contact: Superfund Hotline, reuse.info@epa.gov or phone 800/424-9346
Cost: Free and also available online at www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle

Mitigation Planning
Developing the Mitigation Plan: Identifying Mitigation Actions and Implementation Strategies is the latest release in a series of guides for state and local mitigation planning by the US Department of Homeland Security FEMA. The guide offers step by step instructions for the community self-assessments, plan modeling and plan implementation applicable to natural and man-made disasters, e.g. hurricanes and chemical spills.

Contact: FEMA, 500 C Street, SW, Washington, DC 20472; phone 202/646-4600 or 800/480-2520; publication number FEMA 386-3
Cost: Free online at www.fema.gov/library/prepandprev.shtm

Rural Challenges Examined
The National Council of State Legislatures’ Rural Development Task Force looks at the particular concerns rural communities have regarding economic development, education, telecommunications and other matters in Meeting the Challenges of Rural America. The study profiles rural development projects in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Texas, and offers 10 principles for beneficial development of rural areas.

Contact: Rita Morris, 303/856-7812; fax 303/364-7800 or email books@ncsi.org
Cost: $20

Fast Track Broadband
Dr. Stephen Pociask and the Economic Policy Institute’s Putting Broadband on High Speed: New Public Policies to Encourage Rapid Deployment discusses the underlying economic and regulatory framework for local communications and information technology industries, which has lost more than 500,000 jobs in the past two years. The report findings reveal that 1.2 million new jobs would be created by full deployment of broadband networks.

Contact: The Economic Policy Institute, 1660 L Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036; phone 202/775-8810 or visit www.epinet.org
Cost: $5.00

Retirement Community Development
Retirement Development: A How to Guide by the Center for Economic Development at Jacksonville State University in Alabama explains the steps and elements that communities must possess to be a retirement migration destination. Case studies also reveal the historical, geographic and economic impact of retirement migration overall. This publication was developed in cooperation with the US Economic Development Administration.

Contact: Dr. Fagan, Jacksonville State University, 700 Pelham Rd. North, Jacksonville, AL 36265; phone 256/782-5354 or visit www.jsu.edu/depart/sowk
Cost: $25.00

Southern Inventions
For the South to have a competitive economy for the next 10 years, it must create an environment for innovation, according to The Southern Growth Board's 2002 report Invented Here: The 2002 Southern Innovation Index. The report highlights state-by-state profiles of southern state and the goals and benchmarks that each state has achieved (AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MS, MO, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Contact: Southern Growth Policies Board, PO Box 12293, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; phone 919/941-5145
Cost: $10.00 or free online at www.southern.org

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