Browse by Tag: Publications

• Regional Resilience

  Posted on: April 17th, 2012 by Matt Black

  ...The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Rural Futures Lab™ and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation Release New Report on Assessing Current Policy and Practice Relating to Regional Resilience The NADO Research Foundation is pleased to announce

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• Inland Ports: Linking Freight and Regional Economic Development

  Posted on: October 26th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  This report highlights examples where intermodal facilities connecting rail and truck streamline freight movement and position their regions for economic impact.

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• Regional Food Systems Infrastructure

  Posted on: October 5th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  Many regional development organizations (RDOs) and councils of governments are exploring how they can support regional food systems infrastructure. In recent years, an emphasis on eating locally grown food has flourished as many Americans have sought to direct more of...

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• Connecting the DOTs

  Posted on: September 30th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  This report is an entertaining yet highly informative guidebook for creative problem solving, building stronger state and local partnerships, and understanding the unique opportunities that transportation and economic development projects bring to regions and communities.

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• Regional Approaches to Sustainable Development

  Posted on: September 29th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  This report highlights the opportunities available to RDOs to undertake sustainable development initiatives using a systems-based approach and features case studies from California, Michigan, North Carolina, and Utah.

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• Growing Rural Innovation-Based Economies: Kansas Opportunity Innovation Network

  Posted on: September 26th, 2011 by Carrie Kissel

  This report is presented in two parts, a case study overview and a detailed description of steps performed & visualizations created to better understand regional economic development.

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• Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development

  Posted on: September 20th, 2011 by Kathy Nothstine

  ...The NADO Research Foundation has released a new report, Mobilize Maine: Asset-Based Regional Economic Development.  Led by the state’s Economic Development Districts, Mobilize Maine is a proactive approach to revitalizing the economy by drawing on regional assets.  This report highlights

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• Transit and Air Quality Make a Connection

  Posted on: September 6th, 2011 by Jonathan

  This issue paper highlights how many regional development organizations are increasingly looking to public transportation as a way to resolve commuting challenges in their region, which has not only impacted rural and small metropolitan communities economically, but has also made...

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• Ethanol Production Impacts Transportation System

  Posted on: September 6th, 2011 by Jonathan

  The NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development has released this news issue brief which examines the regional and local transportation impacts of the ethanol fuels industry. Released July 2007, 6 pages Click here to view Ethanol ...

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• Regional Alliance Pulls Toyota to Tupelo: PUL Alliance Efforts Attract New Jobs

  Posted on: September 6th, 2011 by Jonathan

  The NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development has released a new special report examining the multi-county alliance and transportation infrastructure that made the Northeast Mississippi region attractive to Toyota, which announced plans to build an automotive...

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