November 2002
Making Rural Life
Appealing to Young People
The face of rural America is changing as
young adults increasingly leave to pursue opportunities
unavailable to them in their hometowns. Whether it is to
attend college, enlist in the military, pursue better
paying jobs or to just seek a better life someplace else,
many have chosen to make the big city their home.
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EDA Promotes Rural
Economic Prosperity
The Department of Commerce and the Economic Development
Administration (EDA) are helping forward President Bush’s
goal of helping American communities compete economically
in an ever-changing, technology-driven world.
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Fields of Economic Opportunities
Fields - the French call them “les
champs” as in Champs Elyseés. Farmers grow America’s
produce on them, and one of America’s favorite pastimes,
baseball, is played on them. Regional development
organizations are now finding that there is a new kind of
“fields” emerging that offers economic opportunity and
revitalization.
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EDA RLFs: Change Agents
in Distressed Communities
Economic development loan funds have
a three-decade track record of growing small businesses
and creating jobs in distressed communities across the
country.
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GIS As a Tool to Promote
Economic Development
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
technology provides significant advantages for
organizations that use it to further economic development
in their region, as well as to offer services and provide
data to local communities and governments.
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