Featured Resources
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Regional Wealth Creation Case Studies
These case studies feature three regions building multiple forms of wealth, rooting economies in place with local ownership and control of assets, and intentionally including people at the margins of the economy as beneficiaries of economic development work.
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Regional Rural Transportation Planning: State Models for Local Consultation, Regional Coordination, and Regional Transportation Planning Organizations
This new report presents information on the structures, membership, tasks, and funding for regional organizations conducting rural transportation planning work in about 30 states.
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Planning for Transportation Together: Collaborating to Address Transportation and Economic Resilience
Across the nation, state agencies and regional planning and development organizations are working together and with other partners to create jobs, improve access to employment, education, and essential services, and to advance quality of life in communities and regions.
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Advancing Collaborative Planning: Summary of a Focus Group on Transportation and Economic Development
In March 2016, the NADO Research Foundation held a focus group on the link between transportation and economic development, and how state departments of transportation and regional planning and development organizations can work together to better plan for those issues in an integrated way.
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Webinar Recording & Slides: NADO Webinar on USDA’s Strategic Economic and Community Development Program and How Rural Communities Can Apply
On January 12, the National Association of Development Organizations in partnership with U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (http://www NULL.rd NULL.usda NULL.gov/) (USDA-RD) hosted an informational webinar on USDA’s new Strategic Economic and Community Development (SECD) program. Established under the...
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Planning for a More Resilient Future: A Guide to Regional Approaches
This report covers the rapidly-growing body of research on resilience, describing the main ideas that are driving policy and practice across the country and examining current thinking on regional and economic resilience.
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Webinar Recording & Slides: “September with the CEDS Series: Planning More Efficiently & Effectively – Aligning the CEDS with Other Regional Plans”
On September 10, the NADO Research Foundation hosted the first installment of our three-part webinar series “September with the CEDS: Better Resilience through Better Planning” that takes a deeper dive into the recent revisions to EDA’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy...
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Join Us for the “September with the CEDS” Webinar Series
This September, join the NADO Research Foundation for a three-part webinar series that will take a deeper dive into the recent revisions to EDA’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) Content Guidelines (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov/ceds/). The Guidelines suggest how to develop...
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Announcing the 2015 NADO Photo Contest!
[Update: Voting is now closed. Winners will be announced in mid-October!] The National Association of Development Organizations is pleased to launch the 2015 NADO Photo Contest, taking place August 17 – September 22, 2015. The contest will be an opportunity...
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Online Resource: Planning for Prosperity in Small Towns and Rural Regions
This website is home to capacity building materials developed by the NADO Research Foundation and its partners. It contains links to publications, webinars, workshop materials, and other information on community and economic development in small towns and rural regions.