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New Eno Primer: Highway Trust Fund 101
The Eno Center for Transportation released the primer Highway Trust Fund 101 (https://www NULL.enotrans NULL.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/HTF-Primer NULL.AH_ NULL.EB_ NULL.FINAL_ NULL.pdf) (PDF) in June 2015. The primer answers such questions as “What is the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)? What constitutes HTF income?...
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Senate Committee Approves Six-Year Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill; Funding Remains Uncertain
This week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously approved the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act, a six-year reauthorization of surface transportation programs. The bill would fund surface transportation programs at $278 billion,...
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Hazard Mitigation Planning
Regional Hazard Mitigation Planning: As we have seen time and time again, natural disasters do not obey local jurisdictional boundaries. When this fact is combined with the reality of shrinking municipal budgets and growing responsibilities placed upon local planners,...
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Google Ad Grants Available for Nonprofits
Looking for ways to increase public participation in your regional development organizations’ efforts? Generate donations for a project? Register volunteers for an event? Increase newsletter sign-ups? Get new information to the public? Organizations with 501(c)3 status can apply for a...
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USDA Now Accepting Applications Under Strategic Economic and Community Development Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications under Section 6025 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79 (https://www NULL.congress NULL.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2642)). USDA-Rural Development is authorized to provide funding priority to projects that support strategic economic and community...
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Issue Brief: Creating Opportunity and Prosperity Through Strengthening Rural-Urban Connections
Metropolitan and rural America are highly connected and interdependent. To succeed, metropolitan America needs a healthy and sustainable rural economy and culture, and in turn rural America needs vibrant, well-functioning cities and suburbs to thrive and flourish.
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2015 Innovation Award Application Deadline Extended
The application deadline for the 2015 NADO Innovation Awards has been extended to Friday, June 19 giving applicants an additional three weeks to submit their applications! Click here for more information about the Innovation Awards. Click here to apply today!...
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Webinar Recording and Slides: “POWER Initiative: Opportunities for Economic Diversification and Workforce Development
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov), the National Association of Development Organizations, and the National Association of Regional Councils (http://www NULL.narc NULL.org)hosted a webinar on May 27 that took a closer look at the competitive grant opportunities...
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Materials Available from “Making Resilience the New Normal” Convening (Washington, DC)
Across the country, local and regional agencies are finding new ways of building resilience through their day-to-day decisions. By applying a new lens to not only disaster recovery but also to planning, zoning, capital investment, lending, and other routine services,...
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Materials Available from HUD Western Rural Grantee Gathering (Billings, MT)
On May 5-6, around 50 participants met in Billings, Montana for the “Sustainable Communities Initiative Western Rural Grantee Gathering,” organized by the Minnesota Housing Partnership (http://www NULL.mhponline NULL.org/) and the NADO Research Foundation through the Sustainable Communities Learning Network (http://sclearningnetwork...
